Kent & East Sussex Railway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kent_&_East_Sussex_Railway
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf heritage railway
gptkbp:closed 1961
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:The_Darling_Buds_of_May
gptkb:Mapp_and_Lucia
gptkbp:gauge standard gauge
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tenterden_Town_Station
gptkbp:heritageRollingStock diesel locomotives
steam locomotives
historic carriages
gptkbp:heritageStatus preserved railway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kent & East Sussex Railway
gptkbp:length 10.5 miles
gptkbp:location gptkb:East_Sussex
gptkb:Kent
gptkbp:nearestMainlineConnection gptkb:Robertsbridge
gptkbp:notableEvent first light railway built under the 1896 Light Railways Act
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Kent_&_East_Sussex_Railway_Company
gptkbp:originallyBuiltAs gptkb:Colonel_Holman_Fred_Stephens
gptkbp:originalOpeningDate 1900
gptkbp:reopened_as_heritage_railway 1974
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Tenterden
gptkb:Northiam
gptkb:Wittersham_Road
gptkb:Bodiam
gptkb:Rolvenden
gptkbp:terminus gptkb:Tenterden_Town
gptkb:Bodiam
gptkbp:website https://kesr.org.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tenterden
gptkb:Tenterden,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6