Rail Safety Week 2026 Paddock Wood Pop-up On Tuesday 16th June we set up a stall at Paddock Wood station as part of Rail Safety Week, offering an opportunity to chat with passengers about how safe they feel when travelling by rail and to raise awareness of the British Transport Police 61016 text messaging service….
Rail Safety Week 2026 4th Milton Regis (St Mary’s) Cubs On the evening of Monday 15th June, the 4th Milton Regis Cubs visited Sittingbourne train station to learn about rail safety and have an adventure travelling to Sheerness-on-Sea and back. Led by Antonia Boorman (Head Scout Leader), twenty-three cubs along with nine Scout Leaders and…
Five Acre Wood Train Travel Training Trip to Travel Safe Travel Smart, Margate On Tuesday 9th June we headed down to Margate with 10 students from mixed year groups and 3 tutors from Five Acre Wood Snodland, for the culmination of our Travelling with Confidence programme. As in past years, the school brought their students…
Ashford College ESOL Student Train Travel Training and Sustainable Tourism Guided Walk Working in collaboration with Kent Downs National Landscape, Kent CRP managed train travel training and a walk on the North Downs Way for 14 Ashford College students whose first language isn’t English (ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages) and 4 of…
Strood Station Adoption Meeting, June 2026 On Wednesday 3rd June, in Community Rail Week, we met with Strood station manager, Bev Rickwood and Charlotte Morris from City of Rochester School to discuss our latest station adoption. City of Rochester school are keen to involve their students in caring for the planters, creating new artwork for…
Medway Valley Walk – Yalding to Maidstone, June 2026 Whilst originally conceived as a group event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Maidstone River Park, a forecast of thundery showers throughout the day proved too off putting for our booked guests. Ever adaptable, our volunteer walk assistant Michael and I set off to…
Festival of Sheppey and the Sheppey Shuttle, June 2026 Throughout the Railway 200 year, we deepened our connection with Jenny Hurkett and Sheppey’s Criterion Blue Town heritage centre, who helped us to celebrate Sheppey’s transport heritage, arranged film screenings and supported and inspired many more of our events and activities. Jenny proposed the “Festival…
Diversity House: Train Travel Training, May 2026 On Friday 22nd May we were joined by an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) learning group from Diversity House for a “Try A Train” experience. Our journey began with introductions and a look at the accessibile travel information outside the station. Before moving through to the…
Low Carbon Birding Towards the end of last year, Kevin Thornton got in touch with us to discuss an idea he had for introducing the birding community and newcomers to birding to low carbon birding. Kevin is very much a rail travel advocate, combining walking, cycling, trains and buses for many of his own journeys….
Faversham Festival of Transport 16th and 17th May Kent CRP had a fantastic time with a pop-up stand at the Faversham Festival of Transport. It was a busy weekend, spanning Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May, with the Faversham streets filled with inspiring vintage vehicles. A change of venue saw us join model railway exhibitions…