Now disused, the Elham Valley railway line ran from Cheriton Junction, 1.12 miles west of Shorncliffe, to Harbledown Junction, 1.5 miles south of Canterbury West. It opened northwards as far as Barham (TR 20 49) on 4th July 1887 and throughout on 1st July 1889 but passenger traffic was always light, and in later years suffered heavily from bus competition along the parallel road, though agricultural traffic used to be heavy. Singled during the first world war, partly closed to passengers in the second, the branch was finally closed to passengers from 16th June and altogether from 10th October 1947.