Please note: On 22nd, 23rd & 24th April, trains in both directions will NOT stop at Horsted Keynes due to ongoing maintenance work taking place at the station. The station will also be closed during these days with no facilities available.

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Lost Property

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A Temporary Replacement for the Wickham Trolley

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Track Relaying in Sharpthorne Tunnel

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Horsted Platform 5 temporary buffer stop

Temporary Platform 2 extension at Sheffield Park

Platform 2 extension at Sheffield Park It has long been an issue that the end coach must have the end door locked by the ...

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Temporary Buffer Stops

Horsted Keynes Platform 5 Temporary Buffer Stops During Christmas season when normal services are not running, platforms 4 and 5 are not used. Instead, ...

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Unused Bridge sections sold

Rother Valley purchases two bridge sections. The Rother Valley has purchased two bridge sections that had been is store for a number of years ...

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The completed South end of Platforms 1 and 2

Horsted Keynes Platform 1 and 2 refurbishment

Work undertaken over much of 2024 A major task for much of 2024 has been bringing Horsted Platform 2 back up to standard and ...

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Horsted Keynes Platform 2 Work

Repairs to Horsted Keynes Platform 2 September 2024 Work is now underway on Platform 2 at Horsted Keynes at the south end. The coping ...

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Fishplate Lubrication

New Fishplate Lubricating Equipment Fishplates need to be lubricated regularly to allow the track to expand and contract with temperature. Traditionally, this has involved ...

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Down Yard Crossing

Completion of the HK Down Yard Crossing – Summer 2024 The infrastructure team have completed the vehicular crossing over all the new trackwork in ...

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Fencing Gang

The Fencing Gang has retired Over the years the Sunday fencing gang have been stalwart workers behind the lines mending fences all around the ...

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Signal Posts

‘New’ HK and SP Signal Posts – Summer 2024 A ‘background’ task is to construct some signal posts out of old rail. ...

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Safety Fencing on wing walls

Regulatory Changes We are now required to fence off the wing walls of our over-bridges. We are installing post and rail fencing with concrete ...

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Widening the Narrows

Clearance and Fence Realignment Spring/Summer 2024 Just north of Kingscote station lies a section of the railway unofficially known as “The Narrows”. This is ...

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