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The Bluebell Railway is an 11 mi (17.7 km) heritage line in West Sussex in England.It is managed by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. [1] It uses steam trains which operate between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, with intermediate stations at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote.
Original Station (1855) E. Grinstead Low Level (1882) East Grinstead (1970) │ Goods yard ... This is a route-map template for the Bluebell Railway, a UK railway.
The station in the early days of the Bluebell Railway (1961) Sheffield Park is the southern terminus of the Bluebell Railway and also the headquarters of the line. It is located on the southern bank of the River Ouse (which the line crosses just beyond the platforms) and is also situated on the Greenwich Meridian.
The majority of the former station site, minus a commercial yard on the site of the pre-1910 sidings which is currently used by a builder's merchants, was acquired by the Bluebell Railway Extension Company Ltd (the legal vehicle used by the charitable Bluebell Railway Society to buy the former land on which the railway had run, and undertake ...
A railway-built and owned "Railway Hotel" opened on the west side of the station forecourt, opposite the main station building. After closure of the railway, it was sold off by the British Railways Property Board and renamed the "Bluebell Inn", reopened as a public house. Closed in 1999, it is now a private residence called "Bluebell House". [1]
The Bluebell Railway runs through the 731 yards (668 m) long Sharpthorne Tunnel underneath the village, the longest tunnel on a UK heritage railway. Prior to its closure in 1958, the village was served by West Hoathly railway station at the north end of the tunnel. The railway tracks were lifted in 1964/5 and the main station building ...
However, the first Bluebell Railway trains had run on the last day of the 1962 season using the disused eastern side (electrified services only used Platform 2). Between 1960 and 1962, Bluebell Railway services had terminated at Bluebell Halt, a temporary station about one-half mile (800 m) to the south.
1 East Grinstead (Bluebell Railway) station lines. 1 comment. 2 Holywell Waterworks Halt. 1 comment. 3 Location of East Grinstead Original Station. 12 comments.