Wingham Colliery railway station

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Wingham Colliery
Location
Location Wingham
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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Wingham Colliery station (TR 252 570 51°16′04″N 1°13′37″E / 51.267637, 1.226864) was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on October 16 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. Wingham Colliery was not developed beyond a 50' shaft.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Staple   16-10-1916 to 1920
East Kent Light Railway		   Terminus
Staple   1920 to 31-12-1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Wingham Town
Staple   1-1-1948 to
30-10-1948
BR(S)
   Wingham Town

[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.