Dymchurch railway station

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Dymchurch
Station on heritage railway
Dymchurch railway station looking from the footbridge towards St Marys Bay
General information
Location	Dymchurch, Folkestone & Hythe England
Grid reference	TR098293
Managed by	RHDR
Platforms	2
Key dates
16 July 1927	Opened
1940	closed
1946	reopened

51°01′31″N 0°59′27″E / 51.0252°N 0.9909°E / 51.0252; 0.9909Dymchurch railway station is on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is five miles (eight km) south of Hythe, and surrounded by flat countryside.

The station opened on 16 July 1927 as Dymchurch (Marshlands), to distinguish it from a nearby station called Burmarsh for East Dymchurch and later as Dymchurch Bay.^[1]

The station has two platforms connected by a footbridge. On the 'up' platform there is a shelter and a station master's house. On the 'down' platform is a station building incorporating a booking office and staff room, a shop selling souvenirs and refreshments, and a women's toilet. The men's toilets are in the supporting pillars of the footbridge, although only that on the 'down' platform is in use.

The station is a tourist destination, largely for the sandy beaches nearby, the holiday arcades and an amusement park. It has three staff during the summer (one only, out of season). It is a block station for train control purposes.