Eythorne railway station

Eythorne
Location
Place Eythorne
Area Dover (district)
Grid reference TR281494
Operations
Managed by East Kent Light Railway
Platforms 1
History
16 October 1916 Opened
30 October 1948 Closed
1993 Reopened
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Eythorne railway station was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 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 (EKLR)   16 October 1916 to
1925
East Kent Light Railway
  Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
Shepherdswell (EKLR)   1925 to
31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway
  Elvington
Shepherdswell (EKLR)   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
Southern Region
  Elvington
  Heritage railways
Shepherdswell (EKLR)   East Kent Railway   Terminus

References

  1. ^ East Kent Light Railway