Wittersham Road | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Rolvenden Layne, Ashford, Kent England |
Coordinates | 51°01′38″N 0°39′36″E / 51.027249°N 0.660072°E |
Grid reference | TQ866286 |
Platforms | 1 |
History | |
Original company | Rother Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | Kent and East Sussex Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
2 April 1900[1] | Opened |
4 January 1954 | Closed to passengers |
12 June 1961[2] | Goods services withdrawn |
4 June 1977 | Services resumed |
16 June 1978 | Officially reopened |
Wittersham Road is a railway station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. It is located to the north-east of the level crossing on Maytham Road which links the Kentish villages of Rolvenden and Wittersham. Having served the area for over sixty years, the station closed for regular passengers in 1954 and completely in 1961. It was later rebuilt and reopened in 1977 by the Kent and East Sussex Railway heritage organisation.