Welcome To The East Kent Railway
Thank you for visiting our site, we hope that you find it both interesting and informative.
The Railway is run solely by volunteers to preserve the last remaining part of the Kent Coalfields and trains currently run from Shepherdswell to Eythorne (a round trip of 4 miles).
On most special event days trains will also run on the Wigmore Lane extension. The Railway is also home to the EPB group who preserve and restore Southern Region electric trains and their website can be found via the links page.
Please see our and pages for details of all train times and of events throughout the year.
We have a free membership facility for the website, which includes the ability to post on our forum and receive email updates. Joining is easy and only takes a couple of minutes, you can join by clicking 'join' in the top right of the screen.
If you wish to become a paying member of the EKR it will entitle you to receive the railway's quarterly magazine the "EKR News" and also to join the volunteers on site helping bring the East Kent Railway back to life.
Please visit the membership page for more details
If you have an enquiry please telephone 01304 832042 or use the contact button above.
Station Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7PD
Registered Charity No. 1095790
Twinned with the CFTVA, Arques, France
Visit today and become part of Kent's Heritage!
Created and maintained using information supplied by the EKR. Contents copyright East Kent Railway Trust 2008.
Whilst every effort is made to provide up-to-date and correct information here, neither the East Kent Railway or those involved in the provision and maintenance of this web site can accept any liability for inaccuracies contained herein. The East Kent Railway reserves the right to alter or suspend services, events and facilities at any time should they consider it necessary.
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