Rother Valley Railway

Following a public inquiry in 2021, the government approved the project in May 2023 and granted the RVR's application for a Transport and Works Act Order.

The scheme aims to provide an end-on link with the Kent and East Sussex at Bodiam enabling through-running of passenger trains between Tenterden and Robertsbridge for the first time since 1954.

On 16 March 2017, Rother District Council granted planning permission for the reinstatement of the line between Northbridge Street and Junction Road.

In 2018, the RVR applied for a Transport and Works Act order to give the statutory powers to complete the reinstatement of the line and operate it.

From 2009 to 2010 the RVR with help from K&ESR and volunteers were able to complete approximately 1 kilometre of reinstatement westwards from near Bodiam station, through Quarry Farm, to the B2244 (Junction Road).

Attention then focused on extending eastwards about 500 metres from Robertsbridge to Northbridge Street, which entailed the rebuilding of five bridges.

A gala weekend in 2013 marked completion of the bulk of the new platform, and saw a steam passenger train operating at Robertsbridge for the first time since the early 1960s, running up to Northbridge Street.

Many representations for and against the draft order were submitted, and the Secretary of State for Transport announced that a public local inquiry would be held.

The RVR does not yet feature regular passenger trains, but the base at Robertsbridge houses a small bookshop and is open to the public each Sunday.

The turntable was formally inaugurated at a ceremony held on 31 May 2024, with the preserved steam locomotive Britannia being turned soon after it arrived for the major K&ESR 50th anniversary gala weekend.

The embankment adjacent to the turntable has been widened to provide a site for the planned loco shed, and trackwork altered accordingly.