However, the first Bluebell Railway trains had run on the last day of the 1962 season using the disused eastern side (electrified services only used Platform 2).

[citation needed] Horsted Keynes is the crossing place for services when two trains are operating, and hosts many events each year for steam enthusiasts.

Repair and restoration work on the canopy on Platform 5 began in late 2022, as part of the "Jewel in the Crown" project to refurbish the station buildings, financed by a fund-raising campaign which had accumulated £543,000 by the start of 2022.

All three were originally built in or shortly after 1882, to the designs of Thomas Myres, the railway company's staff architect.

[2][3][4] The railway has been featured in many television series and films, including Foyle's War, Downton Abbey, Poirot and The Woman In Black.