A little known lost railway in Sussex is the former Rye and Camber Tramway, which operated for 44 years as a passenger service from 1895 until the outbreak of World War II. At that point the railway passed into military hands for use with the PLUTO project designed to supply the front line troops for the D Day landings.
this video tells you all
Sadly the state it was returned to the owners in meant that it was no longer in a fit state to carry passengers and it was therefore closed for good as the cost of renewing the track was prohibitive. Yet, at its height this remarkable railway carried as many as 18000 passengers during a six month period. Designed and built by the famous light railway builder Colonel Holman Stephens, the railway ran for about three miles from the eastern edge of Rye to a rather inconvenient location at the western edge of Camber. It was intended to carry passengers to the seaside, but also to a nearby golf club for which an intermediate station was built.
As with many Colonel Stephens’ railways, the line was built on a shoestring and this rather contributed to its untimely end.It also meant that once gone, few reminders of its existence still remain.Yet, remarkably despite all this most of the trackbed is still available for walking.
so if you need a little Sunday walk i recommend it
