Wingham Town railway station

Wingham Town
General information
Location	Wingham, Dover (district) England
Grid reference	TR244571
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	East Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping	East Kent Light Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1920	Opened
1 November 1948 [1]	Closed
Location

Wingham Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway, which served the village of Wingham. It opened in 1920 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. There was a loop when the station first opened, but this was removed when the line was extended to the Canterbury Road station in 1925. ^[2] Today the site of the station is occupied by a row of private garages and the village Scout Hut.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Wingham Colliery		1920 to 1925 East Kent Light Railway		Terminus
Wingham Colliery		1925 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway		Wingham (Canterbury Road)
Wingham Colliery		1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 BR(S)		Wingham (Canterbury Road)

References

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 108
2. Mitchell & Smith (1989)

Sources

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

External links

51°16′08″N1°12′54″E / 51.2689°N 1.2149°E / 51.2689; 1.2149