Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway
Connecting communities with their railway

Connecting communities and the railway

Southeast Communities Rail Partnership works to connect communities and the railway across Sussex, Berkshire, Hounslow , Richmond, Kent and Surrey. Community Rail is a nationwide movement, and you can be involved. Help shape the future of the railway, have your say, and bring your local station into the heart of the community.
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Latest News

SCRP Weekly Highlights 16th Jan 2026

SCRP Weekly Highlights 16th Jan 2026...

January 16, 2026, by Fiona Morton

New dates for Inspiration Train will be announced on 26th Jan and we are planning how we can provide additional activities aimed at visiting school children and families. Did our team building day go well or did we successfully use our first aid training? Read more here...

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Beavers continue to visit local stations

Beavers continue to visit local stations...

January 12, 2026, by Rowena Tyler

The Billingshurst Beaver Scout group have made a second visit to nearby stations, meeting staff, learning about working in the rail industry and presenting the ticket office with a small hand-made train. Saturday 10th January was a sunny but frosty day, and the group embarked at ...

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Education team get put through the washer, an unusual highlight of the week

Education team get put through the washe...

January 8, 2026, by Fiona Morton

Other highlights include Lottery Funding success for a Network Rail and Sussex Coast community garden project and additional station enhancements across all our lines. Discover the connection between Lewes and the American Revolution. Read more here...

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Tim Sparrow Awarded MBE

Tim Sparrow Awarded MBE...

December 30, 2025, by Samantha Lear

The Southeast Communities Rail Partnership (SCRP), which works to link local communities with their railway, has welcomed the award of an MBE to one of its longstanding volunteer directors, Tim Sparrow.   Tim Barkley, SCRP chair, said :- “Tim has been a driving force for t...

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SCRP brings a little magic to railway stations

SCRP brings a little magic to railway st...

December 18, 2025, by Fiona Morton

Staff have been decorating stations across our community rail lines, and SupaJam raised money for Mind with a busking session at Hove. Unused station buildings are being brought into community use on North Downs line and we have been celebrating a bumper year for nominations for ...

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SCRP Weekly Highlights 12th December 2025

SCRP Weekly Highlights 12th December 202...

December 12, 2025, by Trevor Field

For more news about Community Rail Awards 2026 plus great work from SCRP’s education team check out the SCRP Weekly Highlights 12th Dec 2025  ...

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Shortlisting for Community Rail awards

Shortlisting for Community Rail awards...

December 11, 2025, by Samantha Lear

We are proud to announce the projects in our area that have been shortlisted for this year’s national Community Rail awards The SCRP projects are:   Empowering Diverse Groups – Travel Ambassadors with Optalis Small Projects Award – Community Rail Model Railway Box End ...

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Write on Track poetry competition winners

Write on Track poetry competition winner...

December 10, 2025, by Paul Bromley

The winners and runners-up in the Write on Track poetry competition have been decided. Rye Harbour Writers and Southeast Communities Rail Partnership ran the competition with the theme of a positive experience of railways to tie in with the Railway 200 celebrations for 200 years ...

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Christmas cheer at Windsor & Eton Riverside

Christmas cheer at Windsor & Eton R...

December 5, 2025, by Sandy Mahon

The Windsor to Reading Community Rail Partnership celebrated in style on 1st December 2025 at Windsor & Eton Riverside Station. Children from Our Lady of the Rosary School enjoyed a short train ride and celebrated Christmas at Windsor & Eton Riverside Station on 1st Dec 2...

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SCRP Weekly News week ending 5th December 2025

SCRP Weekly News week ending 5th Decembe...

, by Trevor Field

Check SCRP Weekly Highlights 5th Dec 2025 for the latest community rail news, events & projects from SCRP Line Officers....

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Your Community Rail Line

Explore your local area by train and find day trips, attractions, walks, architecture & heritage sites to visit.

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Case Studies

Coffee and Cake at Shalford Village Hall

November 8, 2025,
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Big Draw Festival at Reading Station

October 29, 2025,
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Big Draw Festival 2025 Guildford Station

October 31, 2025,
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Education

Providing young people with skills to travel safely, confidently & independently by train

What we do

The Southeast Communities Rail Partnership is a voluntary not for profit partnership which aims to encourage people to travel by train and to engage people in their local railway