We will be holding a launch event on Tuesday 18th February, 10:20am at Hollingbourne station to celebrate the installation of cycle rails at stations along our Kent Downs Line.
Please let Therese know if you would like to join us for the cutting of the ribbon followed by coffee and cake at the Signal Box Cafe. Feel free to bring your bike for the photo shoot, please be sure to book your place for catering purposes.
Kent Community Rail Partnership has worked with Southeastern to lay cycle rails on the footbridge steps of stations along the Kent Downs Railway Line (Otford – Ashford). They were installed in November 2024 at Kemsing, Barming, Hollingbourne, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing stations.
Cycle rails allow people to push their cycles along channels up and down stairs removing the need for the cycles to be carried. They have been fitted to promote active travel, end to end journeys via ‘cycle, rail, cycle’ journeys.
We would like to express our gratitude to the project funders, Kent County Council, the Community Rail Network’s Integrated Sustainable Transport Fund, and Ashford Borough Council and thank Southeastern for their support with surveying, design and installation.