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References
- Citations
- 1 2 Kidner 1985, p. 53.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1990, Illustration 68.
- Sources
- Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Oxford: Headington Press.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1990). Dover to Ramsgate. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-78-9.