Wingham Colliery railway station

Wingham Colliery
Location
Place 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
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Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without producing any coal. The railway then tried to develop a passenger business, extending the line towards Wingham Town with the long-term aim of reaching Canterbury, but ran out of money before they did so.

Today there is little trace of the station or the railway, other than a line of trees that follow the course of the old trackbed and define the edge of a field. The station buildings consisted of two small wooden structures on the north side of the track that were moved to Wingham Town when it was built; the site has now been landscaped into the field.

History

It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. Wingham Colliery was not developed beyond a 50-foot shaft.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Staple   16 October 1916 to 1920
East Kent Light Railway		   Terminus
Staple   1920 to 31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Wingham Town
Staple   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
Southern Region		   Wingham Town

References

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

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Coordinates: 51°16′6″N 1°13′30″E / 51.26833°N 1.22500°E / 51.26833; 1.22500

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