Historic Railways in the South East England Information about Railways in the South East England including historic railways, vintage railways, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, Kent & East Sussex Railway, Mid-Hants Watercress Line, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire plus where to go and day out.
From modest early beginnings on a few metres of weed grown track the volunteer members of the renamed Quainton Railway Society have established the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre as one of the leading steam museums in the country - covering nearly 30 acres the collection includes some 35 steam locomotives as well as examples of both diesel locomotives and multiple units. The large collection of carriages and wagons includes a 1901 coach used latterly in the Royal Train together with a specially converted vehicle from 1943 used as a mobile meeting room by Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower.
The railway opens for passenger services in March until Hallowe’en with Santa Specials operating in December. The line currently runs over a 3 ½ mile stretch along the foot of the Chiltern Hills running parallel to the Icknield Way, passing through attractive countryside with some outstanding views across the Vale of Whiteleaf. Our aim is to re-open as much of the branch as possible. They have built a replica of the original Station at Chinnor and are working to extend the line into Princes Risborough with connection to the Network Rail station.
Chinnor Station, Station Approach, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxon. OX39 4ER
Travel in Edwardian style by steam train through Weald and Marsh. From the ancient market town of Tenterden to the magical castle at Bodiam. The earliest plans for a railway for Tenterden were made in the 1850s. The South Eastern Railway proposed that their Ashford to Hastings should pass through Tenterden but a more southerly route through Appledore and Rye was chosen in 1851, largely through military influence.
Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6HE
The line is 10 miles long, running between Alresford and Alton in rural Hampshire, near the A31 Winchester - Farnham main road, and is just over an hour from London. The steeply-graded route means that large and powerful locomotives are the hallmark of the line, now a major tourist attraction in the South of England
