Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station
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Wingham railway station was a terminus on the East Kent Light Railway
. It opened in 1925 (named Wingham) and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run into the station under gravity.
Today the cutting where the station was sited has been infilled which is covered with a field of crops. The site of the sidings are now occupied by the "Old Station Farm Shop" adjacent to which is a short section of undisturbed trackbed.
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 1925 (named Wingham) and closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run into the station under gravity.
Today the cutting where the station was sited has been infilled which is covered with a field of crops. The site of the sidings are now occupied by the "Old Station Farm Shop" adjacent to which is a short section of undisturbed trackbed.