Ash Town railway station

Ash Town

Site of the station in 1990
Location
Place Ash
Area Dover (district)
Grid reference TR286581
Operations
Pre-grouping East Kent Light Railway
Platforms 1
History
16 October 1916 Opened
30 October 1948 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Ash Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. The station served the village of Ash.[1]

History

Opened by the East Kent Light Railway on 16 October 1916, it attracted fleeting interest from the Southern Railway. However this faded and the railway stayed independent until being absorbed into the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed to passenger traffic on 30 October that year. The track was removed in May 1954. Today there is no trace of the station or the railway as the site is now landscaped into a field.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Woodnesborough   16 October 1916 to
31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway
  Staple
Woodnesborough   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
BR(S)
  Staple

References

  1. East Kent Light Railway

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Coordinates: 51°16′34″N 1°16′34″E / 51.276160°N 1.276221°E / 51.276160; 1.276221

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