Ash Town railway station
Ash Town | |
|---|---|
 Site of the station in 1990 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ash, Dover (district) England |
| Grid reference | TR286581 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | East Kent Light Railway |
| Post-grouping |
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| Key dates | |
| 16 October 1916 | Opened |
| 1 November 1948 | Closed |
| 1 March 1951[1] | closed completely |
Ash Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. The station served the village of Ash.[2]
History[edit]
Opened by the East Kent Light Railway on 16 October 1916, it attracted fleeting interest from the Southern Railway. However this faded and the railway stayed independent until being absorbed into the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October that year. The track was removed in May 1954. Today there is no trace of the station or the railway as the site is now landscaped into a field.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodnesborough | 16 October 1916 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway |
Staple | ||
| Woodnesborough | 1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 BR(S) |
Staple |
References[edit]
- ^ "Disused Stations: Ash Town Station".
- ^ Mitchell & Smith (1989)
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Sources[edit]
- Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.