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Monument record TR 25 SE 333 - East Kent Light Railway
Summary
The East Kent Light Railway was opened in 1912 to support development of the East Kent Coalfield. Passenger traffic began in 1916. It ran from a junction on the Chatham Line at Shepherdswell 10.25 miles to Wingham, connecting several pits. After World War I, the company owning Tilmanstone pit became interested in using Richborough Port for coal exports, so in 1925 a 2.25 mile branch was opened from Eastry to Sandwich, the extension to Richborough Port being completed in 1928. Passenger services to Richborough started in the same year, but were withdrawn in November, the passenger coach on the mixed train being decoupled at Eastry. In 1925, a mile long extension from Wingham Colliery to Canterbury Road was constructed. Wingham colliery closed in 1935, and only Tilmanstone colliery remained open. The railway survived to nationalisation in 1948. All general freight traffic ceased beyond Eythorne shortly afterwards, the track being taken up.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 2886 5450 (10176m by 14977m) |
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Map sheet | TR25SE |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | EYTHORNE, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 39-40 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44226.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1>XY SKE44226 OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 39-40 (A J Haselfoot). [Mapped feature: #8040 Railway, ]
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 125m section of East Kent Light Railway, Wingham
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 168m section of East Kent Light Railway, Eastry
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 192m section of East Kent Light Railway, Woodnesborough
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 25m section of East Kent Light Railway, Eythorne
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 274m section of East Kent Light Railway, Second World War railway gun emplacement, and site of Eythorne station, Eythorne
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 309m section of East Kent Light Railway, Eastry
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 531m section of East Kent Light Railway
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 566m section of East Kent Light Railway, Woodnesborough
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: 793m section of East Kent Light Railway, Wingham
- Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Rectangular enclosure/cropmark and 418m section of the East Kent Light Railway
Related Monuments/Buildings (15)
- Part of: dismantled railway west of Eythorne (Monument) (TR 24 NE 183)
- Part of: Disused Railway Viaduct, Sandwich (Monument) (TR 35 NW 94)
- Part of: Golgotha Railway Tunnel, near Shepherdswell (Monument) (TR 24 NE 25)
- Part of: Site of Canterbury Road station (Monument) (TR 25 NW 217)
- Part of: Site of Eastry South Halt (Monument) (TR 35 SW 451)
- Part of: Site of Eastry station (Monument) (TR 35 NW 878)
- Part of: Site of Eythorne Station (Monument) (TR 24 NE 78)
- Part of: Site of Knowlton Station (Monument) (TR 25 SE 165)
- Part of: Site of Poison Cross halt (Monument) (TR 35 NW 171)
- Part of: Site of Richborough Port station (uncertain location), Minster parish (Monument) (TR 36 SW 90)
- Part of: Site of Roman Road halt (Monument) (TR 35 NW 172)
- Part of: Site of Sandwich Road halt (Monument) (TR 35 NW 831)
- Part of: Site of Wingham Town station (Monument) (TR 25 NW 219)
- Part of: Site of Woodnesborough Halt (Monument) (TR 25 NE 68)
- Part of: Staple Station (Monument) (TR 25 NE 69)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: English Heritage Aerial Reconnaissance (South) (EKE20631)
Record last edited
Jun 28 2024 2:31PM