Sussex sees first steam train on extended Bluebell Railway [BBC News]
Date: 23/03/2013
The first steam train has run along the Bluebell Railway to East Grinstead in Sussex after an extension linking the line to the national network opened. Previously, the nine-mile (14km) track ran from Sheffield Park to Kingscote. Work to dig through a cutting and extend the railway by two miles (3.2km) - linking it to the main railway network at East Grinstead - cost about £4.5m and began in November 2008. The opening came 55 years after the British Rail line was closed in 1958.
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Extended steam railway's first train
BBC News
The first steam train runs along the Bluebell Railway in Sussex after an extension links the heritage line to the main network.
