Kent & East Sussex Railway

England's Finest Rural Light Railway

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New Audio Visual Guide

Enhance your visit to the Railway and the Colonel Stephens Museum with an audiovisual Guide available to reserve online or to hire when buying tickets. £3.50 for two people. Please click on the title for more information.

Relive the Fabulous Forties at the Kent & East Sussex Railway on 19 & 20 May

Capture the unique atmosphere of the 1940's at the Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden on 19 and 20 May 2012 when our annual 1940's weekend gets into full swing. Click on the slide title to read more.

Carriage Maintenance Building Extension Appeal - click here for more information

The Kent & East Sussex Railway is running an appeal to raise £200,000 to double the capacity of the main carriage maintenance building at Tenterden station. The expansion is needed to provide sufficient high quality trains to operate the current train time table which carries 90,000 passengers annually.

Donate simply by Text Message!

Together with your help we can achieve our goal. Every donation helps. Simply click on the title to see how easy it is to donate by text message.

Visit Our Updated Photo Gallery

We have just added a collection of photos from our recent Steam Gala taken by Lewis J Brockway to our Photo Gallery. You can click on the slide title to view them.

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Shop Opening Times

W/C 14 May 2012

Wednesday 16 10-5.30

Thursday 17 10-5.30

Saturday 19 9.30-5.30

Sunday 20 9.30-5.30

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Photos by Lewis J Brockway, last updated 5th January 2011

Expansion Programme Launched at
The Kent & East Sussex Railway

News Update
3rd November 2010

The work carries on at a pace and the extension roof is now completed, meeting the existing structure almost seamlessly.
A number of readymix concrete lorries arrive daily too so the groundwork is now the focus.

News Release
7th May 2010

The Kent & East Sussex Railway in Tenterden has launched an appeal to raise £200,000 to double the capacity of its main carriage maintenance building at Tenterden station.

The expansion is needed to provide sufficient high quality trains to operate the current train time table which currently carries 90,000 passengers annually along the 10½ mile line between Tenterden and Bodiam. The project is also vital to the potential expansion of the railway which will see the current line extended to Robertsbridge in East Sussex.

Graham Baldwin, General Manager at the railway said, "The appointment of Tenterden based surveyors Price-Whitehead signals the start of the project which will enable the railway, which is Britain's finest example of a light railway, to grow and expand its current operations. This project is one of the largest investment projects undertaken by the railway in recent years and is vital to us as a leading tourist attraction in Kent and Sussex.

The railway hopes to raise the money required to complete the project through donations by members of the Kent & East Sussex Railway and from visitors using the railway.

You can donate to the Appeal online here

18.10.10 Today the steel frame for our Carriage Restoration Shed extension was erected.

(left to right) Bruce Whitehead (surveyor) - Helen Whitehead (head of Price Whitehead) - Norman Brice (KESR Chairman) - Graham Baldwin (KESR General Manager)