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Kent CRP Shortlisted For Community Rail Awards 2026 Kent Community Rail Partnership and volunteer, Dominic Noades have been shortlisted for the 2026 Community Rail Awards, a national accolade that celebrates the inspiring work of community rail partnerships and station volunteer groups across Britain. The partnership is a finalist in the Tourism & Leisure, Railway 200…
Southeastern Railway 200 Celebration Highlights For 2025 To mark the close of the landmark Railway 200 year, Southeastern are celebrating everything that made Railway 200 unforgettable. From station anniversaries and depot open days to charity walks, baking competitions, a unique train tour and train unveilings, every moment reflected the passion and dedication of the railway…
Colonel Stephens and the Hop Pickers Line, new information board unveiled at Paddock Wood https://kentcrp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Video_DN.mov Back in January 2023, David Sargison of Paddock Wood Town Council proposed that we work with the Hop Pickers Line Heritage Group, to celebrate the former branch line that wound through the Kent countryside from Paddock Wood to Cranbrook. This…
September 2025 Queenborough Guildhall Museum For 3 weeks, in late September and early October 2025, the team at Queenborough Guildhall Museum led by Caroline Howard created a truly magical Railway 200 and local history education experience at the Museum. Over 240 local school children from Queenborough Primary School, Minster School and Halfway School participated. All…
Heath Farm School’s Nature Garden Launch, Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Charing Station On Wednesday 3rd December, Charing station celebrated the launch of its nature garden, the first garden on the Kent Downs Line. The garden started with a seed of an idea 4 years ago and the launch saw a culmination of a hugely successful…
Celebrating Ashford International’s 183rd Birthday, Monday 1st December 2025 Music and Mince Pies Party On Monday 1st December, Ashford International station celebrated it’s 183 year old birthday having opened in 1842. To mark this auspicious occasion station adopters Ashford College students entertained passengers with music and mince pies. With it being the beginning of December,…
“Putting Down Routes” Tracks and Trails Ramble from Cuxton Station, Saturday 25th October. 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 Tracks and Trails Ramble. Together we bring under-represented groups into the Kent Downs, encourage sustainable…
Sunday 28th September 2025 The Criterion Heritage Centre, Blue Town, Sheerness This truly was a day to remember, celebrating the 200th anniversary of rail travel and discovering the incredible rail history of the Isle of Sheppey. Exploring the history of rail on the Isle of Sheppey In the morning, we gathered at The Criterion Blue…
Hollingbourne Station Railway 200 Heritage Day, Sunday 19 October 2025 The Community Interest Company at Hollingbourne Station hosted a highly successful Railway 200 Heritage Day open to the public and attended by visitors from as far away as Paris! Our regular volunteer Chris Anthony and Therese set up the Kent CRP stand at 10.30am…
Railway 200 art panels launched at Ashford International Station 26 Sept 2025 It felt time to replace the May 2022 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee community artwork in the station underpass and what better choice than to design artwork to celebrate Railway 200. Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) enthusiastically engaged to design panels of carefully…
11th & 18th October 2025 East Kent Artists Open House I “HEART” SHEPPEY EKC Sheppey Secondary School is a flagship station adopter, adopting all 5 train stations along the Swale Rail Line (Sittingbourne, Kemsley, Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness). Across the 2024/25 academic year, pupils worked on a very special project called I “HEART” SHEPPEY where…
Medway’s Life In Miniature On Wednesday 17th September we joined a number of other organisations at Medway Archives Centre to celebrate Railway 200 and Heritage Open Days at the “Medway’s life in miniature” exhibition. Among the other local groups and organisations attending were: Chatham and District Model Railway Club Medway Aircraft Preservation Society The Guildhall…
Paddock Wood Station’s Birthday Celebrations, 28th August 2025 Railway 200 continues to see us mark our station’s birthdays, bringing Community Rail to the attention of more people in the communities where we work. It was an early start, Southeastern’s Paddock Wood station team wanted to ensure the celebrations could be enjoyed by both their regular…
Ashford Depot Open Day, Sunday 24 August 2025 Southeastern’s Exclusive Railway 200 Depot Open Day celebrated 200 years of the passenger railway in the UK; Southeastern opened the doors to their train maintenance depot in Ashford for one very special day. The unique event was hosted by the Southeastern engineering team. Chris Anthony, Dominic…
19th July 2025 Queenborough Station & Castle Connections On Saturday 19th July, we came together for a day of activities and celebration to mark Rail 200 (the 200th anniversary of passenger rail travel) and Queenborough Station’s 165th Birthday! Cycle Recycle With thanks to Swale Borough Council for organising Cycle Recycle, there were early queues for…
Black Girls Hike Guided Walk, Saturday 26th July Working in collaboration with Kent Downs National Lanscape’s ‘Putting Down Routes’ project, Kent CRP undertook rail safety training and a guided walk on the Kent Downs Way for Black Girls Hike. Together we aim to bring more sustainable tourism to the area and extend the typical summer…
Maidstone River Festival, 26th July 2025 Following an invitation from the Rotary Club of Maidstone, we set up a promotional stall in the gardens of the Archbishop’s Palace at the Maidstone River Festival. We had leaflets for Railcards, Accessible Travel Services, walking and cycling maps of Kent towns, a wide range of walks from the…
Inspiration – The Railway 200 Exhibition Train Margate 20-21 July 2025 The Railway 200 exhibition train, Inspiration, visited Margate station 20-21 July, an unique exhibition train, part of a national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. In addition to the train’s exhibition carriages, a special event at Margate station saw Kent CRP…
10.30, 3rd July 2025 Sheerness Station THE SINGING TRAIN To celebrate 200 years of train travel, since the first passenger journey on 27th September 1825, EKC Sheppey Secondary School decided to create a very special event. EKC Sheppey Secondary School is station adopter to all 5 stations along the Swale Rail Line (Sheerness, Queenborough, Swale,…
Rail 200 Queenborough Station & Green The Procession On the morning of the 17th July, over 200 pupils from Queenborough Primary School brought along special Rail 200 artwork and took part in a big procession from the Station onto the Green, creating a “200” to mark “Rail 200” and Queenborough Station’s 165th Birthday. Rail 200…