Eastry railway station

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Eastry
Location
Location	Eastry
Area	Dover (district)
Operations
Pre-grouping	East Kent Light Railway
Platforms	1
History
16 October 1916	Opened
30 October 1948	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
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Eastry station (TR 304 553 51°15′01″N 1°18′01″E / 51.250300, 1.300181) was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on October 16 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. It was the station before the Richborough Branch diverged from the main line to Wingham. The station seved the village of Eastry, it had a passing loop, but this had been converted to a siding in 1948. The track was removed in May 1954.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Knowlton		16-10-1916 to 12-4-1925 East Kent Light Railway		Woodnesborough
Eastry South		13-4-1925 to November 1925 East Kent Light Railway		Woodnesborough
Eastry South		November 1925 to 31-10-1928 East Kent Light Railway		Woodnesborough Poison Cross
Eastry South		1-11-1928 to 31-12-1947 East Kent Light Railway		Woodnesborough
Eastry South		1-1-1948 to 30-10-1948 BR(S)		Woodnesborough

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[edit] Sources

• Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0906520 61 4.