Community Rail Network visit our Swale Rail Line At the end of August we were joined by Karen Bennett Education and Youth Engagement Advisor at Community Rail Network and Luke Wood, Southeastern station manager for a trip along our Swale Rail Line. Swale Rail is where Kent CRP began in 2003 and we have built…
Swale Rail Line Group meeting at Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway We were delighted to accept an invite from Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway to hold our line group meeting at their Kemsley Down site. Our visit began at Sittingbourne Viaduct station, where a diesel hauled service had been arranged specially to take us…
Launch of our New North Downs Way Station Map Boards,Tuesday 18th August at Hollingbourne Station Working in collaboration with Kent County Council, we aim to increase sustainable tourism along the North Downs Way, by promoting rail to trail routes from and to Charing, Lenham, Harrietsham and Hollingbourne stations. All four stations along the Kent Downs…
New Station Adoption For Yalding We were recently approached by Derek who wants to make improvements to brighten his local station at Yalding. We introduced him to Southeastern’s Station Adoption scheme and Southeastern provided their safety brieifing on Saturday 8th August. Once the formalities and site safety checks are complete, Derek will begin…
Queenborough History Weekend, 5th – 7th June At the start of June, the Queenborough Society and Queenborough Guildhall Museum came together to celebrate the history of the town, from Charles I to Charles III 1625 – 2025. They invited the whole community to get involved with a self-led tour of the town. Window displays gave…
Maidstone Repair Cafe, Promotional Pop-up Stall Maidstone CAN, our Maidstone West station adopters invited us along to their Children and Families themed Maidstone Repair Cafe on Saturday 1st August. We saw an opportunity to provide local support to Community Rail Network’s summer Days Out By Rail campaign, bringing along walking and cycling maps for…
Ashford College ESOL Student Train Travel Training and gardening support to station adopters at Borough Green & Wrotham Station, 30 June 2026 Kent CRP managed a train travel training Train Travel Training session from Ashford International with a gardening session at Borough Green & Wrotham (BG&W) station for 19 Ashford College students whose first language…
The Lenham School Wellbeing and Kindness Event, Lenham Station, 29 June 2026 Students shared messages of wellness and kindness with commuters. Students gave out 48 bags of sweet treats with wellness and kindness messages inside and wished commuters a good evening. The aim was to promote kindness and positive wellbeing. In attendance were 3 year…
Parliamentary Reception to mark the launch of the 2026 South Eastern Railway Social Impact Report, On Track to Opportunity. Chris Fribbins, volunteer Chair of Kent CRP and Clare Dowling, Senior Project Manager, Active Journeys South and East at our hosts Walk Wheel Cycle Trust were honoured to be attend the Parliamentary Reception to mark the…