Eythorne railway station

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Eythorne
Location
Location Eythorne
Area Dover (district)
Operations
Pre-grouping East Kent Light Railway
Platforms 1
History
16 October 1916 Opened
30 October 1948 Closed
1993 Reopened
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-V W-Z  
Portal:Eythorne railway station
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Eythorne station (TR 281 494 51°11′54″N 1°15′49″E / 51.198258, 1.263529) 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 junction for the branch to Guilford Colliery, which was abandoned in 1921. The track on this branch was lifted in 1931 but relaid during World War Two to accommodate a 9.2 inches (230 mm) rail mounted gun. The station served the village of Eythorne, it reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shepherdswell   16-10-1916 to 1925
East Kent Light Railway		   Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
Shepherdswell   1925 to 31-12-1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Elvington
Shepherdswell   1-1-1948 to
30-10-1948
BR(S)
   Elvington
Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Shepherdswell   East Kent Railway   Terminus

[edit] References

  1. ^ East Kent Light Railway

[edit] Sources

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