Elham railway station

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Elham railway station
Location
Place Elham
Area Shepway, Kent
Operations
Pre-grouping South Eastern Railway (UK), South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Platforms 2 (1 from 1931)
History
1887 Opened
1 December 1940 closed for regular passenger trains
16 June 1947 Closed[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Elham railway station is a disused railway station on the Elham Valley Railway which served the village of Elham in Kent and the surrounding villages. Situated to the east of Elham the clapperboard station was opened in 1887. In 1931 the line was singled and one platform was closed. Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 when the line was taken over for military use. In 1946 the line was reopened for goods traffic but a year later this service ceased when the station was officially closed. After closure the station building was demolished but one platform still exists forming a retaining wall of a garden for a house now built on the station site.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Barham   Southern Railway
Elham Valley Railway
  Lyminge

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 59.

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Coordinates: 51°09′06″N 1°06′51″E / 51.1517°N 1.1143°E / 51.1517; 1.1143

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