Eythorne railway station

Eythorne
Station on heritage railway
The station in 2009
General information
Location	Eythorne, Dover (district) England
Grid reference	TR281494
Platforms	1
History
Original company	East Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping	East Kent Light Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 October 1916	Opened
1 November 1948 [1]	Closed
1993	Reopened

Eythorne railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. Originally a station on the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 but closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. It served as 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 II 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. ^[2]

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Shepherdswell Terminus		East Kent Railway		Terminus
Disused railways
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

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 177. OCLC   931112387.
2. Mitchell & Smith (1989)

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

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