The Platform Panel Project at St Leonards Warrior Square station raises awareness of St Leonards-on-Sea’s rail heritage particularly the workers who built the railway and ran the station. Panels on platform 1 installed in 2024 are being added to in a phase 2 through spring 2025. QR codes on the panels offer access to audio and translation of the text on the panels plus mini podcasts and new musical composition. In this way, people waiting on the platform for trains can explore the railway workforce heritage through various creative entry points.
The culmination of the project will be a celebration on Saturday 17th May with a ribbon cutting at 5pm at the station followed by a performance at Archer Lodge, Charles Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0QX.
Early career artists from ExploreTheArch arts collective are leading the project supported by youth-led Historic England funding initiative, ‘History in the Making’. They are supported by partners Southeast Community Rail Partnership working with Southeastern and Network Rail.