Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station

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Wingham (Canterbury Road)
Location
Location Wingham
Area Dover (district)
Operations
Pre-grouping East Kent Light Railway
Platforms 1
History
1925 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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Wingham (Canterbury Road) station (TR 236 574 51°16′19″N 1°12′15″E / 51.271858, 1.204217) was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in 1925 (named Wingham) and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run into the station under gravity.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wingham Town   1925 to 31-12-1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Terminus
Wingham Town   1-1-1948 to
30-10-1948
BR(S)
   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.