Faversham Festival of Transport 18/19 May – Community Rail Week 2025 Community Rail Week for 2025 has a theme of “Railway 200”, celebrating the 200th anniversary of passenger rail travel. We’re grateful to Faversham Town Council for their invitation to return to the Faversham Festival of Transport, to bring Kent Community Rail Partnership to a…
The 4th Milton Regis Cub Pack, Sittingbourne Station Adopters for Sittingbourne Station In the depths of winter, the 4th Milton Cub Pack were hard at work preparing for spring. As part of the Platforms for Change initiative, the Cubs were learning how to saw and nail, earning their DIY badge by making from scratch…
Sustainable Tourism Guided Walk, Charing to Harrietsham, Friday 21 March 2025 Working in collaboration with Visit Maidstone, Explore Kent and with funding from Farming in Protected Landscapes, Kent CRP guided this walk on the North Downs Way. Together we aim to bring more sustainable tourism to the area and extend the typical summer tourist season…
Great Rail Tales Railway 200 will be launching a podcast series soon. They’re collecting rail stories from people across the country, and are planning to share a selection of them on their website and social media channels over the coming months. If you have a story you’d like to share, complete the form…
Community Rail Awards 2025 At this year’s Community Rail Awards, we were honoured to be recognised for an “Oustanding Contribution to Community Rail”. Community Rail Network said, “Since it was formed in 2003, Kent CRP has grown from an initial five stations to a remarkable 31 across three lines – Swale Rail, Medway…
Guided Rail Ramble from Wateringbury to Maidstone, Saturday 14th June Starting at Wateringbury Station, this guided walk is taking place as part of Maidstone’s Big Day Out, celebrating green spaces throughout the borough. Our walk will take us along the course of the river Medway, passing through Teston Country Park and the Maidstone River…
“Putting Down Routes” Rail Ramble from Cuxton Station, Sunday 9th March. The Kent Downs National Landscape Putting Down Routes team partnered with Kent Community Rail Partnership and North Downs Way Ambassadors to deliver the Cuxton and Ranscombe Farm Circular Rail Ramble. Together we aim to bring under-represented groups into the Kent Downs, encourage sustainable tourism to…
Celebrating Railway 200 We’ve set up a calendar to showcase the events and activites going on for Railway 200. We’ll add more dates and details as we confirm events onto our Action Plan, Keep checking back throughtout the year for updates.
Annual Stakeholder Event Please book your place at our Annual Stakeholder Meeting on Wednesday 30th April 2025, 1:00-4:00pm. An opportunity to showcase our achievements to our stakeholders and celebrate the contributions of our volunteers. We hope you will be able to join us, an agenda for the afternoon will follow shortly. Email Gary Outram to…
Guided walk on the Oasts and Orchards Rail Trail, Thursday 20th February. Working in collaboration with Visit Maidstone, Explore Kent and North Downs Way National Trail, Kent Community Rail Partnership are guiding walks from our stations to explore the Kent countryside. Together we aim to bring more sustainable tourism to the area and extend the typical…