Knowlton railway station

Knowlton Halt
Location
Place	Knowlton
Area	Dover (district)
Grid reference	TR288523
Operations
Pre-grouping	East Kent Light Railway
Platforms	1
History
16 October 1916	Opened
30 October 1948	Closed
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Knowlton was a halt on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 as Tilmanstone Village but was renamed the following year. It closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948.^[1] After closure the platform was demolished and the area landscaped into a field. As at December 2011 the shallow cutting along which the railway ran at this site is still visible.

Preceding station		Following station
Tilmanstone Colliery Halt	16 October 1916 to 1925 East Kent Light Railway	Eastry
Elvington	12 April 1925 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway	Eastry South
Elvington	1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 Southern Region	Eastry South

References

↑ Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.

External links

www.disused-stations.org.uk

Closed railway stations in Kent

Canterbury and Whitstable Railway	Whitstable Harbour Tankerton South Street Blean and Tyler Hill Canterbury North Lane

Elham Valley Railway	Canterbury South Bridge Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt

Hawkhurst Branch Line	Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst

Hundred of Hoo Railway	Milton Road Halt Denton halt Milton Range Halt Uralite Halt Cliffe High Halstow Halt Sharnal Street Beluncle Halt Middle Stoke Halt Stoke Junction Halt Allhallows-on-Sea Grain Crossing Halt Grain Port Victoria

Kent and East Sussex Railway	Frittenden Road Biddenden High Halden Road Tenterden St. Michael's

Sheppey Light Railway	Sheerness East East Minster Minster on Sea Brambledown Halt Eastchurch Harty Road Halt Leysdown

East Kent Light Railway	Richboro Port Sandwich Road Roman Road Poison Cross Woodnesborough Eastry Eastry South Knowlton Tilmanstone Colliery Halt Ash Town Staple Wingham Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road

Westerham Valley Branch Line	Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt

Gravesend West Line	Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet Longfield Halt

Sandgate Branch	Hythe Sandgate

South Eastern Main Line	Smeeth Folkestone East Folkestone Warren Halt Shakespeare Cliff Halt

Dover area	Dover Harbour Dover Town Admiralty Pier Dover Marine

Marshlink Line Dungeness branches	Brookland Halt Lydd Town Lydd-on-Sea Halt Greatstone-on-Sea Halt New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea Dungeness (SER)

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	Prince of Wales Halt Botolph's Bridge Halt Golden Sands Halt Greatstone Dunes War Department Halt Lade The Pilot (Inn) Britannia Points Halt

SER & LCDR merger remodelling	Ashford (LCDR) Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate) Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate) Margate Sands (SER Margate) Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood) Rochester Common (SER Rochester) Chatham Central (SER Chatham) Strood (1st)

Other lines	Ashford to Margate via Canterbury West Chislet Colliery Halt Grove Ferry and Upstreet Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Chatham Main Line Stonehall and Lydden Halt Margate East Maidstone East Line Ashford West Hothfield Medway Valley Line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheerness Line Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard

Coordinates: 51°13′26″N 1°16′33″E / 51.22389°N 1.27583°E / 51.22389; 1.27583

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