More Layouts Details of the Massive Model Railway Show steaming into town! You’re invited to make tracks to a model railway show in Rye on Saturday 29th April 2017. The first one in Rye in over 20 years and is tip to be the largest in Sussex. The event is being held 10am – 4.30pm at Rye College, … Continue reading Massive Model Railway Show steaming into Rye
Category: Local Railways
Browse the Rye’s Own Local Railways archive for magazine pieces that combine contemporary reporting with memories and historical perspective. The selection ranges across “The Tenterden Flyer”, “End of an Era”, “The Gateway To Rye”, and “Massive Model Railway Show steaming into Rye”, showing the breadth hidden behind the section heading. Together the articles retain the immediacy and individuality of a local magazine rather than reading like a formal reference book.
No Change
Jim Hollands 21 June 2015 IN the March 2010 issue of “Rye’s Own” the following pieces commented once again on the fact that Rye Town Council has less power than a village council – Governments Change, Councillors Change but it seems that Rye Town Councillors, whoever they might be, cannot see there is a … Continue reading No Change
MP invites Students to travel the High Speed Javelin
Amber Rudd MP, invited Buckswood Students to be among the first in Hastings to travel on the High Speed train the ‘Javelin’ that made a special visit to the town as part of the MP’s Rail Summit.
An Old Ryer Remembers
Timing the run over the Ferry Road pedestrian bridge, to be engulfed in steam, took skill and an abundance of energy. Discerning adults waited for the crossing gates to open …… Paul Vincent ……
Excellent Map
Marshlink Map of Local Railway System The Mayor of Rye, Councillor Paul Osborne described the new Marshlink Map as “Excellent – even better than the one in the 1066 leaflet.”
The Gateway To Rye
First impressions are most important. For tourists parking in the Gibbet Marsh Car Park this is their first view of Rye. The Church can be made out in the distance but what about that gate?
Tenterden London Rail Link
Few passengers that pass through Robertsbridge Railway Station will be aware that in its old sidings The Rother Valley Railway Supporters Association (RVRSA) is busy beavering away with its restoration and preservation of the line and rolling stock to Bodiam.
Need these Gates be Closed Forever?
Part of a sermon preached by Rev. J.R. Williams at 11 am. in the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rye Rye to Lose it’s Railway Dare I make a comparison between the life of lepers that once was and our lives which are to be, if the law is passed? I refer to … Continue reading Need these Gates be Closed Forever?
The Tenterden Flyer
“THE RAILWAY HISTORY OF RYE AND DISTRICT” Part 1 — The Rother Valley (Light) Railway TENTERDEN FLYER’ by E.R.Y. The demand for a railway in the valley of the River Rother had reached crescendo pitch long before the end of the last century. The South Eastern Railway had completed its main line from … Continue reading The Tenterden Flyer
End of an Era
Ashford – Hastings Line to Close The long expected announcement by British Rail has arrived. Posters announcing the closure of Rye Station and other stations on the Ashford, Hastings line went up on April 21st.