Kent and East Sussex Railway

Kent and East Sussex Railway
K&ESR, KESR
The grand cavalcade at Tenterden Town Station during a Steam Gala on the Kent and East Sussex Railway
LocaleKent
East Sussex
South East England
TerminusTenterden Town
Bodiam
Commercial operations
Built byH. F. Stephens
Original gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Owned byKent and East Sussex Railway
Operated byKent and East Sussex Railway
Stations5
Length11.5 miles (18.5 km)
Preserved gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
OpenedFreight: 26 March 1900
Passenger: 2 April 1900
Closed to passengers4 January 1954
Closed12 June 1961
Preservation history
1974Partial re-opening
1977Line extends and re-opened to Wittersham Road
1990Line extends and re-opened to Northiam
2000Line extends and re-opened to Bodiam
2011Line extends to Junction Road Halt (no station built or planned, special events only)
HeadquartersTenterden Town (main facility)
Rolvenden (loco depot)
Website
www.kesr.org.uk
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Headcorn Junction
Headcorn National Rail
21 mi 40 ch
34.6 km
former connection
Bletchenden Road
Coldharbour Road
Frittenden Road
19 mi 0 ch
30.58 km
Frittenden Road
Biddenden
17 mi 40 ch
28.16 km
A274
North Street/
Headcorn Road
High Halden Road
High Halden Road
15 mi 60 ch
25.35 km
A262 Biddenden Road
Shoreham Lane Tunnel
(
31 yd
28 m
)
Grange Road
Tenterden St. Michael's
14 mi 40 ch
23.34 km
Headshunt
Tenterden depot and sidings
Tenterden Town Kent and East Sussex Railway
13 mi 40 ch
21.73 km
Tenterden Town
13 mi 43 ch
21.79 km
Cranbrook Road
14 mi 8 ch
22.69 km
A28 Rolvenden
12 mi 8 ch
19.47 km
Rolvenden Kent and East Sussex Railway
12 mi 6 ch
19.43 km
Rolvenden depot
Newmill Channel
10 mi 31 ch
16.72 km
Wittersham Road sidings
Wittersham Road Kent and East Sussex Railway
9 mi 31 ch
15.11 km
Wittersham Road
9 mi 25 ch
14.99 km
Hexden Channel
8 mi 39 ch
13.66 km
7 mi 62 ch
12.51 km
A28 Northiam
7 mi 4 ch
11.35 km
Northiam Kent and East Sussex Railway
7 mi 0 ch
11.27 km
Dixter Halt Kent and East Sussex Railway
5 mi 34 ch
8.73 km
Mill Ditch
Bodiam
3 mi 37 ch
5.57 km
Bodiam Kent and East Sussex Railway
3 mi 35 ch
5.53 km
Kent and East Sussex Railway
Rother Valley Railway
Junction Road Halt
2 mi 40 ch
4.02 km
Current limit of operation
B2244 Junction Road
Salehurst Halt
1 mi 20 ch
2.01 km
A21 Robertsbridge Bypass
Northbridge Street
Hodson's Mill
Current limit of
Rother Valley Railway
Flood bridges
connection to main line
Robertsbridge Junction Rother Valley Railway
0 mi
0 km
Robertsbridge National Rail

The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) refers to both a historical private railway company in Kent and East Sussex in England, as well as a heritage railway currently running on part of the route of the historical company. The railway runs between Tenterden Town and Bodiam.

A separate railway preservation effort, the Rother Valley Railway, is restoring track at the western end between Robertsbridge Junction and Bodiam.[1]

  1. ^ "Application seeks 'phased development' of Rother Valley Railway | SussexWorld". Retrieved 8 April 2023.