Kent & East Sussex Railway

England's Finest Rural Light Railway

 

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New Audio Visual Guide

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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.

Annual CAMRA Real Ale & Cider Festival - Saturday 16 June

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This popular social event takes place between 11:00am and 10:30pm (or until the beer runs out!) and is organised with the Ashford, Folkestone and Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. Try a diverse range of some of the finest Ale, Cider and Perry in the exclusive beer tent, or relaxing and listening to an eclectic mix of live music.

Carriage Maintenance Building Extension Appeal - click here for more information

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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!

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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

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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 21 May 2012

Saturday 26 9.30-5.30

Sunday 27 9.30-5.30

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Visit our Online Store where you can purchase a large selection of items, Badged Kent & East Sussex Railway Polo Shirts and Fleeces, Publications, Special Event tickets, Driver Experience Days and become a member of the railway.

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The Big Weald Day Out PDF Print E-mail

Press Release - 15 February 2010

Kent & East Sussex Railway Ticket Giveaway - The Big Weald Day Out

K&ESR wealdThe Kent & East Sussex Railway is offering everyone the chance to enjoy free steam train rides as part of a new event being launched this year 'The Weald Big Day Out'.

The 'Weald Big Day Out' and will take place on Sunday 28 March 2010 and the railway is offering 100 pairs of free tickets to those who apply first online through its website www.kesr.org.uk

The booking form to register your interest in receiving free tickets will be live from 1 March and everything will be managed through the railway's own booking office.

The railway is also taking part in established event Kent's Big Day out on Saturday 27 March 2010 making this weekend a bumper time to enjoy free train travel on one of the country's finest examples of a rural light railway.

Once aboard, you can travel the 10½ miles to Bodiam station and take the short walk to the historic Bodiam Castle which has a special event taking place over the weekend entitled 'Discovering the Past'. This offers a chance to see Archaeologists from the University of Southampton carry out the most comprehensive geophysical survey of the castle estate to date and during the survey they will be revealing some of their techniques and hopefully their discoveries. Normal castle admission applies but anyone with a Kent & East Sussex Railway ticket will be offered a discounted castle entrance ticket of £5 for adults and £2.50 for children.

For more information please visit www.kesr.org.uk or call 01580 765155

 

K&ESR Daily News

Monday 21st May

No service today, next trains run this weekend with our Green Service, 3 steam and 2 heritage diesel departures. First train departs from Tenterden at 10.40

Next Special Event

A Jubilee Tea

Tuesday 5th june

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Monthly Competition

WIN FREE Tickets for the K&ESR

April WINNER .... 
Mrs Hall from Ashford - Congratulations!

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