Place Wingham Grid reference TR236574 30 October 1948 Closed Platforms in use 1 | Area Dover (district) 1925 Opened Original company East Kent Light Railway | |
Post-grouping East Kent Light Railway
Southern Region of British Railways Similar Ash Town railway station, Teston Crossing Halt railw, Smeeth railway station | ||
Wingham canterbury road railway station top 5 facts
Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station was a terminus on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in 1925 (named Wingham) and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run into the station under gravity.
After closure the cutting containing the station was infilled and covered with a field of crops. The site of the sidings are now occupied by "The Ranch Cafe " adjacent to which is a short section of undisturbed trackbed.
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