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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Action Packed Half Term PDF Print E-mail

Enjoy an action packed half term at the Kent & East Sussex Railway

Looking for something to amuse the children during June half term? You will find plenty of fun and excitement during the Kent & East Sussex Railway's "Fun Week", which takes place between Tuesday 1 June and Friday 4 June when everyone can enjoy fun packed activity days all for the price of a train ticket!

The four days of fun and games will take place at Tenterden station between 10am and 4:30pm. Children can have their faces painted and enjoy numerous arts and craft activities on offer each day including cutting, playing with foam shapes and having fun with stickers and paints!

Everyone can take part in a variety of exciting Giant Garden Games, where families can pit their wits with Jenga and Connect 4, or try their skill at Pick Up sticks, and have fun with family favourite Snakes and Ladders!

All this plus a return 10 ½ mile train ride on a steam or diesel train from Tenterden to Bodiam station makes this a fantastic value-for-money day out!

There is also a special offer throughout fun week when the Railway's family ticket will cost only £30 instead of £34 (2 adults and up to 3 children or 1 adult and up to 4 children).

Non family tickets: Adult £12.80, Senior Citizen £11.80, Child (3 - 15 years inc.) £7.80.

There are five departures a day from Tenterden offering visitors the opportunity to extend their day and travel to Bodiam Castle, which is a short walk from Bodiam station. See website for all event information. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodiamcastle

Visitors presenting a valid Kent & East Sussex Railway ticket will be treated to discounted castle admission (Adults: £5 Children: £2.50)

Visitors may also choose to board trains from Bodiam and Northiam stations which run daily to Tenterden.

Fun Week - Tuesday 1 June to Friday 4 June 10am until 4:30. The green time table will operate during Fun Week with: 3 steam and 2 heritage diesel departures each day. The steam service departs from Tenterden at 10.40, 1.15 and 3.30. Please see timetable for other train times or telephone 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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