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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Track Renewal And Maintenance Machine No DR98211

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Track Renewal And Maintenance Machine (TRAMM) No DR98211 arrived on the railway in July from Balfour Beatty Rail Plant. The vehicle consists of a self-propelled 4 wheeled tractor and trailer coupled together, with a driving cab at each end. At the rear of the tractor there is a hydraulic crane capable of lifting ¾ tonne at 6.5m radius or 2 ½ tonnes at 2m radius. Whilst the crane is being operated, it is possible to drive the machine from the crane cab. The machine is also capable of carrying 7 tonnes of materials loaded on the tractor unit, and a further 10 tonnes of materials loaded on the trailer. It is powered by a Rolls Royce 265 hp 'Eagle' 6-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine that drives a Twin Disc TDCM-511R powershift gearbox, which in turn drives both axles on the tractor unit through a differential splitter gearbox. A vane type triple pump driven by a PTO on the gearbox supplies the hydraulic pressure for the crane.

 

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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April WINNER .... 
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