Wingham Colliery railway station

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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

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.

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.

External links[]

Coordinates: 51°16′6″N 1°13′30″E / 51.26833°N 1.22500°E / 51.26833; 1.22500

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