Elham railway station

Elham railway station
Location
Place	Elham
Area	Shepway, Kent
Operations
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway (UK), South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Platforms	2 (1 from 1931)
History
1887	Opened
1 December 1940	closed for regular passenger trains
16 June 1947	Closed[1]
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Elham railway station is a disused railway station on the Elham Valley Railway which served the village of Elham in Kent and the surrounding villages. Situated to the east of Elham the clapperboard station was opened in 1887. In 1931 the line was singled and one platform was closed. Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 when the line was taken over for military use. In 1946 the line was reopened for goods traffic but a year later this service ceased when the station was officially closed. After closure the station building was demolished but one platform still exists forming a retaining wall of a garden for a house now built on the station site.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Barham		Southern Railway Elham Valley Railway		Lyminge

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 59.

External links

• Station on 1947 OS Map

Coordinates: 51°09′06″N 1°06′51″E / 51.1517°N 1.1143°E