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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Event 

Title:
The Weald's Big Day Out
When:
Sunday 28 March 2010 
Where:
Kent & East Sussex Railway -
Category:
Special Events on the K&ESR

Description

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

Due to the popularity of this offer, all of the 100 pairs of FREE tickets have been applied for and therefore the offer is now closed.

The 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'.

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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.

Venue

Venue:
Kent & East Sussex Railway

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

Monthly Competition

WIN FREE Tickets for the K&ESR

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

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