Dungeness railway station (SER)

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Dungeness

Location

Location

Dungeness

Area

Shepway

Operations

Pre-grouping

South Eastern Railway

Platforms

History

Key dates

Opened 1 April 1883

4 July 1937

Station closed to passengers

Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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This article is about a closed railway station on the South Eastern Railway.

For the current light railway station at Dungeness, see Dungeness railway station.

Dungeness was originally served by a short branch from the South Eastern Railway's Marshlink Line from Appledore to New Romney. It opened to freight on 7 December 1881 and to passengers on 1 April 1883 and closed to passengers on 4 July 1937 ^[1].

The Lydd to New Romney section closed for good on 6 March 1967, although the line to Lydd is still used to transport waste from the nuclear power stations.

Many of the shacks scattered around the south end of Dungeness arrived in the 1920s when Southern Railway workers purchased old rolling stock which were dragged off the end of the line to be used as holiday shacks.