Date: 15/02/2014

Plans are on track for steam trains to roll regularly into Haywards Heath railway station for the first time since the 1960s - although not for ten years or so yet. The Bluebell Railway, which a year ago extended its preserved steam service from Sheffield Park in East Sussex through to East Grinstead, has now set its sights on Haywards Heath. Land has been set aside for the Bluebell Railway to build a station in the town, said Chris White, the railway’s infrastructure director, speaking to the Mid Sussex Times.

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Preserved BR 9F 2-10-0 no 92212 stands at Sheffield Park on 12 April with a train on the Bluebell Railway.
Location: Sheffield Park
Company: East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
12/04/2012 Colin Alexander

Midway between Ardingly and Horsted Keynes is Lywood Tunnel, seen here in 1977. Reopening of this stretch of the line features in the long term plans of the Bluebell Railway to extend the line back to Haywards Heath.
Location: Lywood Tunnel
Company: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
//1977 Ian Dinmore

Merchant Navy Class 35027 Port Line leaves Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway and heads for Kingscote in 1992.
Location: Horsted Keynes
Company: East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
//1992 Ewan Crawford