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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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Our Special Events

Event 

Title:
CAMRA Beer Festival
When:
Friday 11 June 2010 - Saturday 12 June 2010 
Where:
Tenterden Town Station -
Category:
Special Events on the K&ESR

Description

Real Ale & Cider Festival at the
Kent & East Sussex Railway

Friday 11th from 6pm - 10.30pm and
Saturday 12th June from 11.00am - 10.30pm (or until the beer runs out)

To be held at:

Tenterden Town Station
Station Road
Tenterden
Kent
TN30 6HE

See photos from last years event

Admission Charges

If you wish to attend the festival only, you will need to purchase a platform ticket.
Free entry is available to card carrying CAMRA members, in addition card carrying CAMRA members can purchase a rover ticket on the day at a discount.

K&ESR time table and fares information are available here

Festival Information

Real ales and cider available on some train departures from 10.40 am.

A range of real ales, ciders and perry.

Food available on Friday evening and on Saturday all day into the evening.

Entertainment at the Festival

Friday evening is a quiet session (no music)

On Saturday afternoon and evening there will be live music along with Morris Dancers.

A television on site will be screening the World Cup football match on Saturday evening.

Families Welcome

Camping at the Festival

Limited camping available but MUST be booked in advance, £5 per unit) per night. Telephone the railway on 01580 765155' for more information and to book your pitch.

Getting to the Festival by Public Transport

Service buses go to Tenterden from: Ashford (400 or 295), Maidstone (12), Tunbridge Wells (297), Hastings (Coastal 340). Late service buses go to Ashford (400 + 295) and Maidstone (12). Full bus timetable-please contact relevant operator.

Website links for Stagecoach • • Arriva

For festival info call 01580 240104' or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Local Accomodation

Details of local accomodation can be found on the Heart of Kent website

See photos from last years event

Venue

Venue:
Tenterden Town Station

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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