An Illustrated History of the Kent and East Sussex Railway

An Illustrated History of the Kent and East Sussex Railway
Author: John Scott-Morgan
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2007
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780860936084

Providing a comprehensive account of the history and operation of the Kent & East Sussex Railway, this book looks at the line in the era before preservation.

The Tube Mapper Project

The Tube Mapper Project
Author: Luke Agbaimoni
Publisher: History Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre: Commuters
ISBN: 9780750994378

A visual exploration of the London Tube network, focusing on our shared and overlooked moments of recognition

All Aboard the Polar Express

All Aboard the Polar Express
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780618477920

The Polar Express train visits the North Pole and passengers find out what the first gift of the season is going to be from Santa Claus.

Sussex Railway Stations Through Time

Sussex Railway Stations Through Time
Author: Douglas d'Enno
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2016-08-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445648776

Douglas D'Enno explores the history of Sussex's railway stations.

Time Out Kent & Sussex

Time Out Kent & Sussex
Author: Daniel Neilson
Publisher: Time Out Guides
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2011
Genre: Kent (England)
ISBN: 1846702399

Kent and Sussex are popular counties - to live in and to visit, whether on a day-trip or on a longer holiday. This title includes what you need to know about these popular counties, organised by area and clearly mapped.

The East Kent Railway

The East Kent Railway
Author: John Scott-Morgan
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2021-07-30
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1526726866

The East Kent Railway was one of Britain's less well known light railways, a part of the Colonel Stephens group of lines, the East Kent Railway was meant to open up the newly discovered Kent coal field and help to make its shareholders wealthy, however things took a different turn, when the projected colliery's along the line did not materialise the way the promoters had first envisaged. The only colliery to produce quantities of coal being Tilmanstone near Shepherdswell, which opened in 1912. There were other pits started along the formation of the line from Shepherdswell to Wingham, but in the cases of the other pits, only the surface buildings or test shafts were constructed, before the work was abandoned. This was largely due to flooding and the poor calorific quality of East Kent coal, which had to be mixed with other coal to be effectively used. There were four colliery's completed in Kent, the East Kent Railway only served one of them and this together with the other three lasted until the latter part of the 20th century. The railway operated a loss making passenger service to Wingham and for a few years to Sandwich Road halt on the line to Richborough Port line, however the service to Wingham Canterbury Road came to an end in October 1948, after British Railways had taken control. The East Kent Railway lasted through two world wars and was nationalised in 1948, becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways, it closed to traffic in 1984, during the coal strike.