Uckfield’s Railway - Triumph and Tragedy

Name: Uckfield’s Railway - Triumph and Tragedy
Start: 2025-11-20T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-20T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Bridge Cottage

Bridge Cottage

Highlights

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

1 hour

Bridge Cottage

Date & Location

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm (GMT)

Bridge Cottage

High Street, Uckfield, United Kingdom

About the event

Uckfield’s Railway - Triumph and Tragedy

Talk by Brian Hart

The opening of the Lewes-Uckfield Railway in 1858 engendered an extensive network connecting Sussex, Kent and Surrey. The railway brought trade and prosperity as towns grew and thrived. A bright future was all set to dawn in 1960 with electrification and modernisation - yet all came to naught. Why did this undeniable tragedy happen.....?

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