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    The Hawkhurst branch line was a short railway line in Kent that connected Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Goudhurst and Horsmonden with the town of Paddock Wood...
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    September 1844 when the branch line to Maidstone West was opened. Another branch line—the Hawkhurst Branch—to the village of Hawkhurst existed between 1892...
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    (1982). The Hawkhurst Branch Line. Woking: Peter A. Harding. ISBN 0-9523458-3-8. Harding, Peter A. (1998) [1982]. The Hawkhurst Branch Line. Woking: Peter...
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  • Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway was a railway line which was to have linked the Hawkhurst Branch Line with the Rother Valley Railway in Kent. Although...
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  • Stephen's first assignment following his training. Also known as the Hawkhurst Branch Line Edge Hill Light Railway 1919 1925 none none 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in Ironstone-carrying;...
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    closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England. The station originally opened on 1 October 1892 as Hope Mill, for Goudhurst & Lamberhurst, when the line was opened...
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    Hawkhurst railway station was on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England. The station was opened on 4 September 1893, when the line was extended from...
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    closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England. The station was opened on 4 September 1893, when the line was extended from Goudhurst to Hawkhurst. The station...
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    A229 (Rochester – Hawkhurst) pass near Cranbrook. Cranbrook is served by Arriva Southern Counties buses. The Hawkhurst Branch Line ran a short distance...
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  • in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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    Gravesend West was a railway station on the Gravesend West Line which served Gravesend in Kent. It opened in 1886 and was, for some time, a regular destination...
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  • Chislet Colliery Halt was a minor station on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. It opened in September 1919 and closed in 1971. Chislet Colliery started production...
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  • 23 years before itself closing in 1933. The route of the Gravesend West branch through Gravesend adjoined the famous Rosherville Pleasure Gardens which...
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  • Thumbnail for Dungeness railway station (South Eastern Railway)
    service operated as far as Dungeness. The line was opened throughout to passengers as from 1 April 1883. A second branch was opened the following year from a...
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    Eastern Railway (SER), on the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line between Sturry station and Minster station. Grove Ferry station opened on...
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    first day of passenger services on its 3-mile (5 km) branch to New Romney from its existing line between Appledore and Dungeness. At the time, a Victorian...
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    Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt Hawkhurst branch line Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst Hundred of Hoo Railway Milton Road Halt Denton...
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    as a heritage railway line opened in 1996. It stands next to the original engine shed which has been restored to use. The line is called the Spa Valley...
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    Warrington West is a railway station on the Liverpool–Manchester line. The station, situated 17 miles (27 km) east of Liverpool Lime Street, serves the...
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  • Thumbnail for Darlaston James Bridge railway station
    1863 a station was opened on the Darlaston Loop off the South Staffordshire line which was named Darlaston. The original station then became known as James...
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    UK Ultraspeed was a proposed high-speed magnetic-levitation train line between London and Glasgow, linking 16 stations including Edinburgh, Birmingham...
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  • first stop on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway's Gravesend branch line. The line skirted the western boundary of the village, passing under two overbridges...
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    Westerham Valley Branch Line from the South Eastern Main Line at Dunton Green to Westerham with one intermediate station at Brasted. The branch was built as...
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  • Thumbnail for Allhallows-on-Sea railway station
    May 1932. It had an island platform with a run-round loop. Originally the branch from Stoke Junction was single track, but it was doubled in 1935, and singled...
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  • Thumbnail for Margate Sands railway station
    Goods services were withdrawn at the station on 20 December, but the branch line continued to be used as a goods depot until 1976. The site was subsequently...
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    the SER constructed a branch line to Folkestone Harbour which the railway company had purchased earlier the same year. The branch had no direct connection...
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  • as part of its branch to Richborough Port, which never opened to passengers. Authorisation to operate a passenger service over the branch was never requested...
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    Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt Hawkhurst branch line Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst Hundred of Hoo Railway Milton Road Halt Denton...
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    Northumberland Park Metro station (category Tyne and Wear Metro Yellow line stations)
    A Network Rail freight line shares the alignment at this point. This line is planned to become part of the Northumberland Line passenger service in the...
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  • Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt Hawkhurst branch line Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst Hundred of Hoo Railway Milton Road Halt Denton...
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