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- ↑ Kidner 1985, p. 57.
- ↑ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 95.
- ↑ Harding 1996, p. 8.
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- Harding, Peter A. (1996). Branch Lines in Kent. Knaphill: Peter A. Harding. ISBN 0-9523458-1-1.
- Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.