Eythorne railway station

      Eythorne
      Location
      Place Eythorne
      Area Dover (district)
      Grid reference TR281494
      Operations
      Managed by East Kent Light Railway
      Platforms 1
      History
      16 October 1916 Opened
      30 October 1948 Closed
      1993 Reopened
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      Eythorne railway station was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. It was 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 Two 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.[1]

      Preceding station Disused railways Following station
      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
      Heritage Railways  Heritage railways
      Shepherdswell (EKLR)   East Kent Railway   Terminus

      References

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

      Coordinates: 51°11′54″N 1°15′49″E / 51.198258°N 1.263529°E / 51.198258; 1.263529


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