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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.

JOB VACANCY

A Station Catering Supervisor is 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. £16k per annum.

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Title:
10 years since re-opening to Bodiam
When:
Friday 02 April 2010 
Where:
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Category:
Special Events on the K&ESR

Description

10th Anniversary of the re-opening of line to Bodiam (Celebration)

Join us on this auspicious occasion
Friday 2nd April.

Enjoy all the Kent & East Sussex Railway has to offer this Easter with five steam train departures daily from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 April. Bank Holiday Monday sees an intensive timetable with nine departures a day, that’s one every 45 minutes!  

2 April 2000 saw the re-opening of the line to Bodiam. Take the train to Bodiam Station to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Passengers will be able to enjoy free footplate visits on the Terrier steam engine ‘Bodiam’ which will be in steam at Bodiam Station, and there’s a free Easter Egg for the first 50 fare-paying children on the footplate! The ‘Jon Hamilton Big Band’ will be in full swing too, performing at 11:30am and 2:00pm.

TIMETABLE INFORMATION
Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th April we operate the 'Red' service. Departures from Tenterden are at 10:40, 11:45, 1:15, 2:20, 3:30.

On Easter Monday we operate an intensive service. Departures from tenterden are at 45 minute intervals from 10:30am. There are 9 departures.

Normal fares apply.



bodiam shield denotes an event at the castle that you may enjoyAlso at Bodiam Castle

Friday 2nd - Monday 5th April

Medieval Living - with Happening History

History comes alive with shows depicting 'Medieval Surgery 7 Medicine' and ' Medieval Crime & Punishment'.

This event is included in the normal castle admission price. Free to NT Members.

National Trust Bodiam Castle and the K&ESR........on track for a great day out!

Reduced to K&ESR ticket holders £5 adult, £2.50 child.

 

Venue

Venue:
Kent & East Sussex Railway

K&ESR Daily News

Sunday 21st March

Today is our Branch Line Weekend Event and we are running a Special Sunday Timetable, 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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