The former line of the Kent & East Sussex Railway
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The former line of the Kent & East Sussex Railway
Image: © Marathon Taken: 12 Feb 2022
It is hard to believe that there was once a level crossing and a railway line here. It was once the line of the Kent & East Sussex Railway. The original line was opened by the Rother Valley Railway between Rolvenden and Robertsbridge in 1900. The railway extended to Tenterden Town in 1903 and on to Headcorn in 1905, naming itself the Kent & East Sussex Railway in the process. The part between Tenterden Town and Bodiam is now part of the heritage Kent & East Sussex Railway but the section from Tenterden Town to Headcorn closed in 1954 and it is hard sometimes to imagine that it ever existed. The next station in this direction was Headcorn. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7094984
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51.149958
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0.632164