The Sheppey Light Railway was a railway on the Isle of Sheppey,Kent,England,which ran from Leysdown to Queenborough,where it connected with the South Eastern and Chatham Railway's Sheerness Line. It was engineered by Holman Fred Stephens and opened in August 1901 and closed on 4 December 1950. Originally there were stations at Sheerness East,East Minster on Sea,Minster on Sea,Eastchurch and Leysdown. Two halts were opened in 1905 at Brambledown and Harty Road.
Reedham railway station is in the south of Purley in the London Borough of Croydon on the Tattenham Corner line. The local area is residential and the station is near the A23 Brighton Road. It is 15 miles 65 chains (25.4 km) measured from London Charing Cross. The Brighton Main Line is adjacent,but is not served by this station.
The Sheerness line is located in Kent,England,and connects Sheerness-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey with Sittingbourne on the mainland,and with the Chatham Main Line for trains towards London,Ramsgate or Dover Priory. It opened on 19 July 1860.
Swale railway station is in north Kent,England,on the Sheerness Line 47 miles 15 chains (75.9 km) from London Victoria,at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge which,along with the more modern Sheppey Crossing,connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent. The nearest settlement is Iwade. Train services are provided by Southeastern.
East Grinstead railway station is one of the two southern termini of the Oxted line in the south of England and serves East Grinstead in West Sussex. It is 30 miles 4 chains from London Bridge,although trains mostly run to and from London Victoria. The station is managed by Southern.
Christ's Hospital railway station is near Horsham in West Sussex,England. It is 40 miles 7 chains (64.5 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. It was opened in 1902 by the London,Brighton and South Coast Railway and was intended primarily to serve Christ's Hospital,a large private school which had moved to the area in that year. It now also serves the rural area to the west of Horsham.
The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent,England,following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula,passing near the villages of Cooling,High Halstow,Cliffe and Stoke before reaching the Isle of Grain and the container port on its eastern tip,Thamesport. There used to be a short branch line leading from Stoke Junction to the coastal town of Allhallows but this closed from 4 December 1961,the same date on which the Hundred of Hoo line was closed to passenger services.
Bingham Road railway station was in Addiscombe,Croydon on the Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway. It was opened on 1 September 1906 on the north side of Bingham Road,with two wooden platforms without buildings and was closed on 15 March 1915 as a wartime economy measure. A new station on the south side of Bingham Road was opened in 1935 and finally closed in 1983. The modern Addiscombe tram stop at ground level is situated at the location of the first halt closed in 1915 which was situated on an embankment above the present site.
Junction Road Halt,also known as Junction Road (for Hawkhurst),was a halt station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. It was located on the eastern side of the level crossing across the B2244 Junction Road near the hamlet of Udiam in East Sussex,England. Closed for passengers in 1954 and freight in 1961 with the line,The line through Junction Road Halt may yet be revived as the Rother Valley Railway,a preservation society,is proposing to reopen the line from Robertsbridge to Bodiam.
Yarnton Junction was a three-platform station serving the village of Yarnton,Oxfordshire. It was built in 1861 at the junction of the Oxford,Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway and Witney Railway,north of Oxford. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1962 and it was demolished c. 1965.
Witney railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford,Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms,a station building,a signal box,and a shed in the form of a pagoda.
Witney goods station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford,Witney and Fairford Railway. It consisted of seven sidings,a goods shed,a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock. It also had an engine shed,which was demolished early in the twentieth century. Following the opening of the East Gloucestershire Railway in 1873,the station became a goods depot,with passengers using the second station situated to the south. The original station remained open to goods traffic until 1970.
Carterton railway station was a railway station just north of the village of Black Bourton on the Oxford,Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. The station had two stone-built platforms,a passing loop,and a concrete station building.
Fairford railway station served the town of Fairford in Gloucestershire. It was the western terminus of the Oxford,Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. It had one platform,and a stone-built station building.
Carno is a closed railway station in Carno,on the Cambrian Line,that was part of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway. The station was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Cuts though there are proposals to re-open it.
St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay railway station was a railway station at Ramsgate,Kent,England that was opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1864 and closed in 1916.
Bournville (Mon) Halt railway station was a station which served Ty'r-Cecil near Blaina Abertillery in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
Brynmawr railway station was a station which served Nantyglo and Brynmawr in the Welsh county of Brecknockshire.
Coombe Road was a railway station on the Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway in London. When it was closed it was owned and managed by British Rail.
Sheerness Dockyard railway station was the original terminus of the Sheerness line. It was built by the Sittingbourne &Sheerness Railway and opened in 1860. The station closed for passengers in 1922,closed for freight in 1963 and the buildings were demolished in 1971.
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