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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ