Tenterden

  • Kent & East Sussex Railway reopening welcomed by local MP

    Kent & East Sussex Railway reopening welcomed by local MP

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    Steam trains will run this weekend (18/19 July) for the first time since the enforced coronavirus lockdown.

  • Great Western railcar progresses at KESR

    Great Western railcar progresses at KESR

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    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 No. 20 was built at Swindon in 1940, withdrawn in 1962, and after four years of storage was bought by the KESR.  It arrived by rail as an ‘out-of-gauge load’ in April 1966. Years of restoration followed,…

  • Simon Marsh appointed KESR chairman – 50 years after first role as a volunteer

    Simon Marsh appointed KESR chairman – 50 years after first role as a volunteer

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    By Geoff Courtney RETIRED civil servant Simon Marsh has been appointed chairman of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) , nearly 50 years after he started volunteering in the railway’s souvenir shop. The 61-year-old, who lives in Sandwich with his wife Sandra, a priest, has had an interest in railways since his earliest days.…

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