Kent & East Sussex Railway

England's Finest Rural Light Railway

 

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Casual Catering Assistants required. If you have a proven track record of excellent customer service, enjoy cooking & have a flexible attitude to working patterns we would like to hear from you! Call the Catering Manager for more details or for an application form on 01580 765155.

Cavell Van Restoration Appeal

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We need to raise £35,000 to restore the van in time for the National Service of Remembrance on 11 November 2010. The ‘Cavell Van’, built in 1919, is important in the railway preservation movement for being the prototype of a class of vans used for mail and luggage on express passenger trains from the 1920s. Please click on the title for more information.

Branch Line Weekend on the K&ESR - 20th & 21st March

On the 20th and 21st March you can enjoy the K&ESR's small locomotives over this weekend. The Special Timetable for Saturday & Sunday can be downloaded by clicking on the title above.

Grandparents Travel for Free at the Kent & East Sussex Railway

Children can treat their grandparent's to a nostalgic day out for FREE on the Kent & East Sussex Railway during a special grandparents' weekend on 17 and 18 April; when every child rover ticket purchased (costing £7.80) entitles a grandparent to travel for free. Please click on the title for more information.

Spring Walks - (25% off single fares) RailTrails

Combine a ramble with a nostalgic steam train ride with the Kent & East Sussex Railway. On 24 and 25 April everyone can take advantage of the Kent & East Sussex Railway's special weekend spring promotion which combines a walk with a nostalgic steam train ride. Please click on the title for more information.

The Great K&ESR Gala Weekend 1st - 3rd May

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The K&ESR May Gala is now an established "must visit" for railway enthusiasts from all over the country. In addition to seeing K&ESR's own locomotive "Charwelton" in traffic following its recent overhaul, K&ESR is pleased to announce that Llangollen Railway's BR Standard Class 4 locomotive – no. 80072 will be visiting.

Visit Our Kent & East Sussex Railway Photo Albums

Our Photo Album contains 100's of new images taken by Lewis Brockway in several new collections, Railway Experiences, CAMRA Beer Festival, 1940's Weekend and our Day Out with Thomas Event. We also have a Volunteers Photo Album available for viewing from the link on the main menu.

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A Versatile Railway Location for Film and Television Productions

The Kent and East Sussex Railway has provided location services for a variety of film and television productions, and over the years, has built up a diverse list of production credits that continues to grow. So if you are looking for a distinctive and versatile railway location, call us on 01580 765155, or send a fax on 01580 765654, for further information. Alternatively, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Railway also has an entry in Kemps Film and Television and Mandy's International Film and Television Production Directory


View TWELVE 360 degree tours of the K&ESR.......

Selected Production Credits

Feature Films

Dracula (1973)
Director: Dan Curtis.

Flame (1974)
Director: Richard Loncraine.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Director: Michael Radford.

Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Director: John Schlesinger.

Jude (1996)
Director: Michael Winterbottom.

Independent Films

La Bas (Down There) (BBC/BFI: 1994)
Director: Andrew Kotting.

Sanjani (Metro Films 2006)
Director: Mr Narasipura Rangegowda Nanjunde Gowda

The Scotland Express (JJS Films 2005)

Drama and Comedies

The Train Now Standing (LWT: 1972)

Scoop (BBC: 1972)

Vice Versa (ATV for ITV: 1981)

We'll Meet Again (LWT: 1982)

Partners in Crime (LWT: 1983)

Dempsey and Makepeace
(Golden Eagle Films/LWT: 1985)

The Charmer (LWT: 1987)

Scoop (LWT: 1987)

Around the World in 80 Days
(Harmony Gold Ltd/ Valente/ Baerwold Productions: 1989)

Parnell and the Englishwoman (BBC: 1990)

The Darling Buds of May (Excelsior/Yorkshire Television: 1991/92)

Moon and Son (BBC: 1992)

No Bananas (BBC: 1996)

2.4 Children (BBC: 1996)

The Phoenix and the Carpet (BBC: 1997)

The Woman in White (BBC: 1997)

General and Childrens' Entertainment

Jim'll Fix It (BBC: 1978, 1983, and 1987)

Number 73 (TVS/ITV: 1983 and 1985)

Challenge Anneka (BBC: 1989)

The Les Dennis Laughter Show (BBC: 1990)

Surprise Chefs (Action Time/ITV: 2000)

Art Attack (Meridian/ITV: 2001)

Disney Playhouse (Childrens' Disney Channel: 2002)

Treasure Hunt (Chatsworth/BBC: 2002)

Sekai Fushigi Hakken (Great Discoveries) (Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.: 2005)

The Paul O'Grady Show (Channel 4: 2006)

Top Dog (Discovery Animal Planet: 2007)

Trinny and Susannah Undress The Nation ITV 2008

Tarrant Lets the Kids Loose (My Little Soldier Studio Shows) 2009

Drama Documentaries

Dickens (BBC/Opus Arte: 2002)

George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (BBC/Opus Arte: 2002)

Jaws 1916 (Ten Alps PLC / Brook Lapping Productions: Oct 2008)

Factual Documentaries

Horizon (BBC: 1978)

Derail (Channel Four: 2002)

Trainspotting (Oval Films for Discovery Home and Leisure: 2004)

The Last Oast (BBC: 2004)

The Peoples' Museums (BBC: 2006)

Escape To The Country - Talkback Thames for BBC1 (2009)

Commercials

Ford Escort advertisement (1997)

Evening Standard advertisement (2000)

Programme sponsorship advertisement for Vodaphone (National Geographic: 2002)

Bakers Dog Food 2007- SEE THE ADVERT

Photoshoots

Mothercare (2007)

Hello Magazine (February 2009)

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:08 )
 

K&ESR Daily News

Friday 12th March

Sorry no trains running today, we next run on 20 & 21 March with our Branch Line Weekend. A time to enjoy the K&ESR's small locomotives.

Next Special Event

Branch Line Weekend
Saturday 20 / Sunday 21
March 2010

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February WINNER .... 
Mrs Evans from Chatham - Congratulations!

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