Canterbury South railway station
Canterbury South | |
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Location | Canterbury, Kent England |
Coordinates | 51°15′58″N 1°05′05″E / 51.266073°N 1.084812°ECoordinates: 51°15′58″N 1°05′05″E / 51.266073°N 1.084812°E |
Grid reference | TR 153 564 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 July 1889 | Opened |
1 December 1940 | Closed to passengers |
1 October 1947 | Closed to freight |
Canterbury South was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.
History[]
The station opened on 1 July 1889. It was situated on the extension of the Elham Valley Railway from Barham to Harbledown Junction, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line.[1] A 17-lever signal box was provided.[2] Initially, there were six passenger trains per day. By 1906 there were nine trains a day, with five on Sunday. This had reduced to six trains a day by 1922.[3] The double track between Lyminge and Harbledown Junction was reduced to single track from 25 October 1931 and the signal boxes between those points were abolished.[4] Services had been reduced to five trains a day by 1937.[3]
Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The military established block posts at Canterbury South and Bishopsbourne, under the control of the Royal Corps of Signals.[2] The station remained open to freight during the war. Military control was relinquished on 19 February 1945. The Elham Valley Railway closed on 1 October 1947.[5]
The site of the station is now covered by the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.[6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Canterbury West | Southern Railway Elham Valley Railway |
Bridge |
References[]
- Citations
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 105.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustrations 104 & 116.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
- Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 58 8.
- Buildings and structures in Canterbury
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1947
- Disused railway stations in Kent
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- 1889 establishments in England
- 1947 disestablishments in England