Sandwich Road railway station
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Sandwich Road railway station (TR 317 585) was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway
. It opened in November 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 31 October 1928. There were plans to extend to Richboro Port railway station
but permission to run passenger services north of Sandwich Road was not granted by His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate due to the poor state of repair of the bridge over the Southern Railway and River Stour. The platform was north of the road and a passing loop was south of the road. The station closed to freight on 31 December 1949.
East Kent Light Railway
The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager...
. It opened in November 1925 and closed to passenger traffic on 31 October 1928. There were plans to extend to Richboro Port railway station
Richboro Port railway station
Richboro Port railway station was a station that the East Kent Light Railway intended to open for passenger traffic in November 1925. However, the poor condition of the bridge over the Southern Railway and River Stour meant that permission to run trains was not forthcoming from His Majesty's...
but permission to run passenger services north of Sandwich Road was not granted by His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate due to the poor state of repair of the bridge over the Southern Railway and River Stour. The platform was north of the road and a passing loop was south of the road. The station closed to freight on 31 December 1949.