A trial of the new Covid-protection measures at the Kent & East Sussex Railway was a steaming success. This means everything is finally in place for the summer season to start this weekend.
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Kent & East Sussex Railway reopening welcomed by local MP
Steam trains will run this weekend (18/19 July) for the first time since the enforced coronavirus lockdown.
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Railways returning to action!
It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood
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Operation ‘Javelin’
Class 395 ‘Javelin’ charter trains have raised more than £125,000 for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. With this year’s Remembrance Day only two months
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Great Western railcar progresses at KESR
GWR diesel railcar No. W20W is receiving a thorough overhaul at Tenterden on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR). No. 20 was built at Swindon in
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Isle of Wight-style bunker for KESR ‘Terrier’ No. 2678
Kent & East Sussex Railway-based ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. 32678 will receive the larger Isle-of Wight-type bunker.
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Terrier Trust launches £150,000 to fund parallel ‘A1X’ overhauls
THE Terrier Trust, together with the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR), has launched a £150,000 appeal to overhaul the trust’s two London, Brighton &
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Take the last Underground steam below central London
THE timetable for District 150 – the last chance to travel on a steam train on London Underground beneath the heart of the capital –
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It’s safety first for Kent & East Sussex’s new board member
By Geoff Courtney NEIL SIME, the founder and managing director of UK train operator Victa Railfreight, has been appointed safety director of the Kent &
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