Our community

We support the community

Southeastern is proud to support the local communities in our network through partnerships, sponsorships and community outreach. We’re currently finding new ways to extend our service beyond our stations and transform lives.

Community Rail Partnerships (CRPs) exist to bring together widely varied partners to provide social, economic, and environment benefits to the communities served by rural and secondary rail services.

We provide core funding to five CRPs across our network and work closely with them to deliver a wide range of projects:

• Kent CRP – Swale Line: Sheerness-on-Sea to Sittingbourne, Medway Valley Line: Tonbridge to Strood, and the Kent Downs Line: Otford to Ashford International
• Darent Valley CRP – Swanley to Sevenoaks
• 1066 CRP – Tonbridge to Hastings
• White Cliffs CRP – Westenhanger to Sandwich
• Creative Isle CRP – Birchington-on-Sea to Minster

Working with our local communities

We are always keen to work with communities at any of our stations.

Our community initiatives include:

• Local gardening schemes at stations 
• Adopt-a-station initiatives
• Community noticeboards
• Rail safety talks and tours for schools and nurseries
• Book clubs to raise money for local charities

Please contact us at community@southeasternrailway.co.uk for all external enquiries.

Annual Stakeholder survey 

Our annual stakeholder survey is conducted using an external, independent agency, who use random sampling fieldwork to take a snapshot of stakeholder sentiment and feedback towards Southeastern.

This feedback helps us understand and identify areas where Southeastern is performing well and any areas where improvement is needed. The survey’s results are used as a basis for our annual stakeholder engagement planning, to enable us to continue improving relationships with our key stakeholders and ensure that we are addressing the issues which matter to them the most.

Download our Stakeholder survey PDF

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