An art installation featuring people and handmade life-size dolls travelling in a train carriage.

The Creative Isle Community Rail Partnership aims to welcome visitors to Thanet and offer a voice for the community through art and creativity, enabling local organisations and groups to work together to animate railway stations and trains.

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A young girl in a Southeastern hi-vis vest reads a colorful 'coastal commuters' resource by Creative Isle Community Rail Partnership on Margate main sands beach.

A man with glasses and a blue shirt shaking hands and smiling with a woman in a high visibility vest at a Thanet train station platform. Background shows other people walking, some with backpacks, and signs indicating train information.

Photo of a spread from the Turner 250 X Rail 200 A5 learning resource booklet, with Margate harbour arm, boats and a cloudy sky visible in the background.

Close-up of delicate dried seed heads with curly filaments on thin branches, set against a bright sky and blurred trees in the background. A photo from the Thanet Biodiversity Report in 2025, commissioned by Creative Isle Community Rail Partnership.

Connecting Thanet

The partnership covers the line and all 8 stations on the route in Thanet – Birchington-on-sea, Westgate-on-sea, Margate, Broadstairs, Dumpton Park, Ramsgate, Minster and Thanet Parkway.

Line Map showing the 8 train stations that make up the Creative Isle Commuity Rail Partnership from Birchingon-on-Sea to Broadstairs, including stops at Westgate, Margate, Dumpton Park, Ramsgate, Thanet Parkway, and Minster.

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The Community Rail Partnership is generously supported by Southeastern.