A 35-tonne commuter train carriage, built in the 1960s, has been moved to an artists' community in Bexhill.
The unit will now reside at The Old Ambulance Station.
Established in 2021 by local developer Richard Upton and artist Ben Wood, the paramedic rest-stop building was converted to community artist workshop spaces with affordable rents.
According to the site's leaders, the business model for the building means that rents to the artists become more affordable the more the spaces are populated and activated.
As part of the arrangement, each artist gives several hours each month of volunteering in the community.
The artists are expected to work together using their skills to give the carriage a new lease of life so it can best serve local needs.
A locally-run cafe is set to be installed inside, managed by local people, serving coffee and locally-produced food.
It's intended that this can become a focus for the local artistic community, plus an events space for the public.
In 2008, the carriage had been converted into one of London’s most characterful cafés, with design by artist Morag Myerscough.
At the time, the creative conversion was commissioned by property developer Cathedral Group, then installed at their Deptford development around the town's station in 2008 — which now features a residential building designed by the late Sir Richard Rogers.
Having left its storage yard in Greenwich last Tuesday evening (18 July), the 20m-long carriage travelled on a truck overnight through the Sussex countryside, landing on its beach-side green on Wednesday morning
The new home in Bexhill is on Beeching Road, named for the infamous Beeching Axe; a drastic series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of British Rail in the 1960s.
This resulted in the closure of the local station at Bexhill West, which is now Grade II listed and home to Sivyers Antiques.
Of the move, Upton said:
"This area is imbued with history, and placing this repurposed railway carriage for artist and community use feels like a fitting new chapter for The Old Ambulance Station.
"We want to see as many local people coming down here to support and getting involved with the spaces’ activities.
"This next phase of settling the carriage into her new home will play an important part in our outreach."
The Old Ambulance Station team intends to celebrate an official public opening later this year.
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