Roger Farnworth Railways

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Eastbourne's Railways
Eastbourne Railway Station

The featured image for this article shows a two coach train awaiting departure at Eastbourne Railway Station. It think that the locomotive is an ex-LB&SCR E4 0-6-2T in BR livery. These locomotives were originally numbered 463-503, 507–520, 556–566, and 577-582. The number on the smoke box is not legible in the photograph. The exact locomotive shown in the photograph cannot easily be determined from the image. [21]

When the first railway was projected southwards from London to the Sussex Coast, its promoters had as their objective Brighton, which already was a well-established holiday resort. The eastern extension of this main line served the county town of Lewes, and had reached the western outskirts of St. Leonards by the summer of 1846, but it was not until 14th May 1849, that a 4.5-mile branch was opened from Polegate to serve Eastbourne, which was then little more than a village. The advent of the railway marked the beginning of the growth of Eastbourne as a holiday resort and residential area.

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