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A Bit of a Thing About Railways
East Hill Funicular Overlooks the Fisherman’s Beach
East Hill Funicular
If you’re a railway enthusiast, then you could hardly do better than to pick Hastings as a base. Just in the town alone, there are four, not counting the ‘professional’ main line services, and it used to have a network of trams. The trams are long gone, but a miniature railway runs along the seafront from Rock-a-Nore to Marine Parade, there are two funicular railways (information on Wikipedia) carrying passengers to the tops of the West and East Hills, and there is another miniature railway in Alexandra Park. The people of Sussex and Kent seem keen on vintage railways too, because there are half a dozen or more within the counties.
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