Whitstable Harbour | |
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General information | |
Location | Whitstable, Kent England |
Coordinates | 51°21′47″N 1°1′50″E / 51.36306°N 1.03056°E |
Grid reference | TR 107 660 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Canterbury and Whitstable Railway |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
3 May 1830 | Opened |
Mid-1870s | Extended |
3 June 1895 | Resited |
1 January 1931 | Closed to passengers |
1 December 1952 | Closed |
5 February 1953 | Line temporarily reopened |
28 February 1953 | Closed |
Whitstable Harbour railway station was the name of two disused railway stations serving Whitstable the terminus of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. The station opened in 1830. It was extended in the mid-1870s and resited in 1895. The Canterbury and Whitstable line closed to passengers in 1931 and freight in 1952, although it was reopened for a month following the North Sea flood of 1953.