Wingham Colliery railway station

Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without producing any coal. The railway then tried to develop a passenger business, extending the line towards Wingham Town with the long-term aim of reaching Canterbury, but ran out of money before they did so.

Wingham Colliery
LocationWingham, Dover (district)
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
16 October 1916Opened
1 November 1948Closed

Today there is little trace of the station or the railway, other than a line of trees that follow the course of the old trackbed and define the edge of a field. The station buildings consisted of two small wooden structures on the north side of the track that were moved to Wingham Town when it was built; the site has now been landscaped into the field.

History

It opened on 16 October 1916 and the last passenger train ran on 30 October 1948. Wingham Colliery was not developed beyond a 50-foot shaft.[1]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Staple   16 October 1916 to 1920
East Kent Light Railway		   Terminus
Staple   1920 to 31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Wingham Town
Staple   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
Southern Region		   Wingham Town

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

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