Rail Safety sessions with Leigh Academy at Paddock Wood station, Thursday 15th May We were delighted to join Daniel Rushbrook, station manager, to welcome three groups of Year 3 young learners from Leigh Academy to Paddock Wood station. Year 3 are learning about the key features of their community and how it has changed…
Celebrating Strood Station’s 169th Birthday On Wednesday 18th June we’re joining Southeastern to celebrate Strood station’s 169th birthday, 2:00-4:00pm. Pop along to find out more about Community Rail along our lines and some great Days Out By Rail for you to enjoy.
Celebrating Tonbridge Station’s 183rd Birthday On Thursday 22nd May, we’re joining Southeastern, Southeast Communities CRP and The Oaks Specialist College to celebrate Tonbridge station’s 183rd birthday, 10am-4pm. Pop along to find out more about Community Rail along our lines and some great Days Out By Rail for you to enjoy. Tonbridge station’s official birthday is on Monday…
Southeastern’s new lost property scheme sees 144% boost in reunited items A set of church keys, a trumpet, and even an insulin pen were among nearly 5,000 lost items successfully returned to their rightful owners, thanks to the success of Southeastern’s new Lost and Found scheme. With more than 138 million journeys made on…
New Station Adopters For Maidstone West We are delighted to announce that Maidstone CAN (Climate Action Network) have signed up to adopt Maidstone West station under Southeastern’s station adoption scheme and will be joining Community Rail Network as a station adoption group. This will build upon the legacy of Ian Paterson and his family, who…
Annual Stakeholder Event, 30th April 2025 We were delighted to welcome our stakeholders, partners, members and volunteers to our Annual Stakeholder Event, on Wednesday 30th April at Maidstone Town Hall. The event provides an opportunity to showcase our achievements to our stakeholders, and to celebrate the contributions of our volunteers. People Powered Movement and…
19th July 2025 Queenborough Station & Castle Connections We look forward to celebrating Queenborough Station’s 165th Birthday, and the 200th Anniversary of passenger rail travel, on the 19th July 2025, at Queenborough. We are planning a day filled with fantastic events, workshops and a community procession. More information will be updated on this page,…
28th September 2025 The Heritage Centre, Bluetown, Sheerness We’re excited to be organising this event to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of rail passenger travel. There will a selection of talks in the morning of Sunday 28th September 2025, at The Criterion Heritage Centre in Blue Town, Sheerness, with a bus tour visiting all the…
Snodland Allotment – May 2025 Update Last Thursday we met with Five Acre Wood (Snodland) and Network Rail for the official hand-over of keys to access the Snodland station allotment site. Network Rail have offered to undertake some further site clearance work and to look into other ways they can to help Five Acre…
Southeastern in Bloom 2025 Southeastern in Bloom is an annual gardening competition, giving Southeastern staff the chance to transform stations, depots, and offices into vibrant green spaces. It’s an opportunity to cultivate plants and flowers that not only enhance the visual appeal of Southeastern’s network but also support local biodiversity and create wildlife-friendly environments. Each…
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.