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JOB VACANCY

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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Event 

Title:
Gala Weekend
When:
Saturday 01 May 2010 - Monday 03 May 2010 
Where:
Kent & East Sussex Railway -
Category:
Special Events on the K&ESR

Description

The Great K&ESR Gala Weekend
1st, 2nd & 3rd May

The Kent & East Sussex Railway 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 this railway for the gala. This is a return to its home area, as the locomotive was completed at Brighton in 1953. A second visiting locomotive, Jinty Mo. 47493 is visiting from the Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells.
Also featuring.......
'Terriers' No.3 'Bodiam' and No. 32678, Pannier No. 1638, 'P' Class No.753, Austerities No.23 & No. 24

Intensive service every day 10:30am - 4:30pm
1, 2 & 3 Day Rover Tickets available
Engine Parade at Tenterden on Saturday @ 9:30am
Evening Fish & Chip Flyer with 80072 (Sat) Book Now
Buses from Headcorn Station to Tenterden (Sun/Mon)
Toy & Collectors Fair - Northiam (Mon)

FREE parking as usual at Tenterden Station.

FARES

one day two days three days
Adult £15 £27 £30
OAP £14 £25 £28
Child £10 £17 £20
Family £40 n/a n/a








 

Avoid the queues, book your one, two or three day tickets online now!

History of locomotive 80072:

8007280072 was completed at Brighton in 1953. Running-in turns were completed near Brighton, before it moved to Plaistow to work the suburban services from Fenchurch Street over the London, Tilbury and Southend lines. Electrification displaced 80072 in 1962, being transferred to Swansea East Dock, from where it worked the Central Wales line and services to Pembroke and Camarthen. 1963 saw the engine move to Leamington Spa to work Birmingham suburban services and car transporter trains. After a short stay at Tyseley in 1965, the loco was withdrawn and moved to Barry in January 1966. It was rescued in 1988, with initial restoration proceeding at Swindon. A group of members purchased the locomotive in 1991, and restoration continued at both Swindon and Llangollen. It returned to service just last year for the first time since 1965.



The Annual Gala Weekend presents
"A Toy & Collectors Fair"

Northiam Station, Monday 3rd May from 10:00am
Valuations by dreweatt logowww.dnfa.com
Offering advice and a free valuation on all you railwayana and models. 

Trade Stands • Specialist Stands
Have you got something to sell?
Railway, Transport related, Models, Books, Railwayana, Memorabilia of all sorts
Undercover pitches £15* • Outdoror pitches £7.50 Book Now: 01580 765155


*Standard undercover pitches measure 6ft x 3ft. However, larger spaces available subject to availability and on request. Please note, tables not supplied.

Venue

Venue:
Kent & East Sussex Railway

K&ESR Daily News

Saturday 20th March

Today & tomorrow is our Branch Line Weekend Event and we are running a Special 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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