Frittenden Road railway station
Frittenden Road was a railway station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway which closed in 1954. The wooden station building lay derelict for years and was destroyed by fire in October 2003.
Frittenden Road | |
|---|---|
 The station building's brick base in 2009 | |
| Location | Headcorn, Ashford England |
| Grid reference | TQ842408 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Kent and East Sussex Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 15 May 1905[1] | Station opened |
| 4 January 1954 | Station closed |
As of 2012 most of the building's brick base still survives, and the general shape of the platform is still evident but much overgrown. The site is used by a joinery business whose premises straddle the trackbed immediately to the north of the old station.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headcorn Junction | British Railways Southern Region KESR |
Biddenden |
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
External links
- Frittenden Road station at Disused-Stations.org.uk
- Frittenden Road station on navigable 1940 O. S. map
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