The Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line was a railway line running from Three Bridges (on the Brighton Main Line) in West Sussex to Tunbridge Wells Central in Kent via East Grinstead in East Sussex, a distance of 20 miles 74 chains (33.7 km). Opened in 1855, the main section of the line was a casualty of the Beeching Axe the last train ran on 1 January 1967. The remaining section to Tunbridge Wells closed on 6 July 1985, although this has recently reopened under the auspices of the Spa Valley Railway, apart from the Tunbridge Wells West - Tunbridge Wells Central chord via Grove Tunnel.
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