Kent and East Sussex Railway

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The Kent and East Sussex Railway is a preserved heritage railway in southeast England, known for operating steam and vintage diesel trains through the Wealden countryside between Tenterden and Bodiam.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage railway
chiefEngineer Holman Fred Stephens
closureToFreight 1961
closureToPassengers 1954-01-02
connectsToAtBodiam Bodiam Castle
country United Kingdom
designedBy Holman Fred Stephens
gauge standard gauge
hasDepot Rolvenden locomotive works
hasMuseum Tenterden Town station museum
hasRollingStockType heritage diesel locomotives
steam locomotives
vintage carriages
headquartersStation Tenterden Town railway station
heritageOperationsStart 1974
heritageRailwayAssociationMember Heritage Railway Association
heritageStatus preserved line
knownFor steam-hauled heritage trains
tourist and enthusiast operations
vintage diesel services
landscape Wealden countryside
length approximately 10.5 miles
lengthInKilometres approximately 16.9 km
locatedIn East Sussex
Kent
locatedInArea High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
nearbyAttraction Bodiam Castle
offersService charter trains
driver experience courses
special event trains
operatedBy Kent and East Sussex Railway Company
originalName Rother Valley Railway
originalOpeningDate 1900-03-02
originalOperator Rother Valley Railway
passesThrough Northiam railway station
Rolvenden railway station
Wittersham Road railway station
primaryUse tourist railway
region South East England
renamedAs Kent and East Sussex Railway
renamingYear 1904
reopenedAsHeritageRailway 1974
runsBetween Bodiam railway station
Tenterden Town railway station
terminus Bodiam railway station
Tenterden Town railway station
trackGauge 1435 mm
website https://www.kesr.org.uk

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Tenterden servedBy Kent and East Sussex Railway
Kent and East Sussex Railway renamedAs Kent and East Sussex Railway
Kent and East Sussex Railway operatedBy Kent and East Sussex Railway Company
linked to: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station mainTerminusOf Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station partOf Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station heritageLine Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station originallyServed Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station ownedBy Kent and East Sussex Railway (heritage organisation)
linked to: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Tenterden Town railway station operatedBy Kent and East Sussex Railway (heritage organisation)
linked to: Kent and East Sussex Railway
Rolvenden hasNearbyAttraction Kent and East Sussex Railway
Rother contains Kent and East Sussex Railway
Great Western Railway carriages preservedAt Kent and East Sussex Railway