Shepherdswell (EKLR) Station

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Shepherdswell
Location
Location	Shepherdswell
Area	Dover (district)
Operations
Pre-grouping	East Kent Light Railway
Platforms	1
History
16 October 1914	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-Z
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Shepherdswell station (TR 258 482 51°11′18″N 1°13′48″E / 51.188398, 1.229910) was the southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on October 16 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. The normal practice was to run coaches into the station under gravity. Shepherdswell was the location of the engine shed and works, and a large number of sidings. It served the village of Shepherdswell or Sibertswold. The station reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Terminus		16-10-1916 to 31-12-1947 East Kent Light Railway		Eythorne
Terminus		1-1-1948 to 30-10-1948 BR(S)		Eythorne

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		East Kent Railway		Eythorne

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

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