Friday 1.30pm – 3.30pm The Criterion Blue Town, Sheerness Tickets: £5 each Call the Criterion to book – Tel: 01795 662981 Come and enjoy this marvellous railway film at Half Term. It will be showing on Friday afternoon (20th February) from 1.30pm and promises to be fun for all of the family! The Railway Children…
27th January 2026 On Tuesday 27th January, we gathered at Sheerness station for the start of a very special event. Pioneered by local resident Melissa George and supported by Southeastern and Kent Community Rail Partnership, we had the very first Forget Me Not Train experience along the Swale Rail Line. The event was for individuals…
Annual Stakeholder Event, Monday 27th April 2026 Kent Community Rail Partnership invites you to join us at our Annual Stakeholder Event on Monday 27th April at Maidstone Town Hall, 12:30-4:00pm*. Our Stakeholder Event is a great opportunity to hear more about the impact of our events and activities over the last year, and to discover…
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…
Train Travel Training for Five Acre Wood Snodland Students – Visit to Snodland Station On a damp Wednesday morning, we welcomed 12 students from Five Acre Wood to Snodland station to build on their earlier classroom session to build students’ confidence to travel independently by rail. Working with Southeastern station manager Shane Monaghan and Hannah…
Linda Brinklow – Celebrating Railway 200 on the Isle of Sheppey Click the link to hear our very own Linda Brinklow’s Great Rail Tale, celebrating Railway200 on the Isle of Sheppey.
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…
A round up of 2025 in pictures, we recommend viewing in fullscreen,use the playback bar at the foot of the video.
Friday 12th December 2025 Margate Try a Train: Travel Training Trip to Margate In collaboration with Diversity House, a Sittingbourne-based charity delivering a full programme of adult learning opportunities and community events, we run a “Try a Train” experience twice a year for their ESOL service users. After exploring a range of local destinations, we…
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…
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,…
November 2025 EKC Sheppey College To mark Remembrance Day, EKC Sheppey College collaborated with the “Knit and Natter” Age UK group to create a poppy installation at the front of Sheerness Station, with over 200 specially made woollen poppies. Alongside, a poster about the project and the meaning behind the different colour poppies was designed…
Train Travel Training and Sustainable Tourism Guided Walk, 29 October 2025 Working in collaboration with Sarah Moon and the Kent Downs National Landscape ‘Putting Down Routes’ project, Kent CRP undertook train travel training and a guided walk on the North Downs Way for Ashford College adult learners for whom English is spoken as another language…
“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…
Grow 19 College SEN students Train Travel Training From Maidstone East station to Hollingbourne station 17 October 2025 Nine SEN students and their 4 tutors undertook a train travel training journey to Hollingbourne station’s Signal Box Café. All students were between the ages of 18 and 25. At the café, some of the students practiced life…