Place Tovil Grid reference TQ751549 Post-grouping Southern Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area Maidstone, Kent Pre-grouping South Eastern Railway 25 September 1844 Station opened | |
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Similar Teston Crossing Halt railw, East Minster railway st, Smeeth railway station, St Lawrence for Pegw, Dungeness (SER) railway st | ||
Tovil station is a closed railway station on the Medway Valley Line. The station opened in 1844 and closed in 1943.
History
The Medway Valley Line opened from Paddock Wood to Maidstone on 25 September 1844. In the 1900s, a branch line was constructed to serve Tovil Goods station, the only part of the Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway ever constructed. Tovil station was located just south of the junction of the branch from Tovil Goods, which faced towards Maidstone West. Tovil signal box closed in 1929. The station closed in 1943. The short branch line to Tovil Goods closed in 1977.
In 2008, it was suggested that the station should be re-opened.
References
Tovil railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA