There’s a new exhibition at Rye Station marking a long lost piece of Rye’s history – The Rye and Camber Tramway. The display, which opened on July 11, runs until the end of September.
The collection of pictures has been organized by the Southeast Communities Rail Partnership and features photos and drawings of the line and rolling stock. Trams ran from the Monk Bretton bridge in Rye to Camber from 1895 until after the second world war.
The exhibition offers information and pictures about the railway which still generates a lot of local interest. Rail enthusiasts are also fascinated by the line as it was engineered by Colonel Holman Stephens who was an engineer for many other UK light railways. The Colonel Stephens Society and the Colonel Stephens Museum are credited in the acknowledgements list for their support in putting the exhibition together.
I hope those visiting will enjoy the display, I hope to travel to see it before it finishes, but perhaps after the children have returned to school after their summer break.
You can read more about the history of the tramway in this Rye News article by Michael Montagu.
Image Credits: James Stewart .