Wingham Town railway station

Wingham Town
General information
LocationWingham, Dover (district)
England
Grid referenceTR244571
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1920Opened
1 November 1948[1]Closed

Wingham Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway, which served the village of Wingham. It opened in 1920 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. There was a loop when the station first opened, but this was removed when the line was extended to the Canterbury Road station in 1925.[2] Today the site of the station is occupied by a row of private garages and the village Scout Hut.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Wingham Colliery   1920 to 1925
East Kent Light Railway 		  Terminus
Wingham Colliery   1925 to 31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway 		  Wingham (Canterbury Road)
Wingham Colliery   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
BR(S) 		  Wingham (Canterbury Road)

References

  1. ^ Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 108
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith (1989)

Sources

  • Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.

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