Bluebell Railway
Description
Once part of the National Rail network, but closed in the mid-1950s, the line was the first Heritage Railway to re-open with steam trains returning to a part of the tracks within a couple of years of closure and setting the template for many heritage railways around the country. Over the years the line has extended and now runs from it's connection with the National Rail network at East Grinstead down to Sheffield Park, via the main station on the line at Horsted Keynes, once an important junction station and home to the carriage works. Sheffield Park is the current terminus of the line and likely to remain that way as a return south to Lewes is unlikely. It's also home to the locomotive works for the line and a small museum, as it and station just short of Horsted Keynes were the first part of the line to re-open.
Charge
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Getting There
From Haywards Heath the 270 runs hourly (every other hour on Sundays) to East Grinsted or Horsted Keynes (railway running days only), taking about 20 minutes to Horsted Keynes Station and about an hour to East Grinstead
Latitude: 51.046056; Longitude: -0.044724
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (21/04/2024), and on time of last update (22/04/2024) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.