Wingham Colliery | |
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General information | |
Location | Wingham, Dover (district) England |
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 |
Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without producing any coal. The railway then tried to develop a passenger business, extending the line towards Wingham Town with the long-term aim of reaching Canterbury, but ran out of money before they did so.
Today there is little trace of the station or the railway, other than a line of trees that follow the course of the old trackbed and define the edge of a field. The station buildings consisted of two small wooden structures on the north side of the track that were moved to Wingham Town when it was built; the site has now been landscaped into the field.