The Westerham Valley branch line was a short railway line in Kent that connected Westerham, Brasted and Chevening with the village of Dunton Green and...
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for the Westerham Valley Branch Line to Brasted and Westerham. When this line was constructed, a subway was built which passed under the branch platform...
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served by Chevening Halt railway station on the Westerham Valley Branch Line running between Westerham and Dunton Green; it opened in 1881 and closed in...
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1881 the Westerham Valley Railway Company built the Westerham Valley Branch Line from the South Eastern Main Line at Dunton Green to Westerham with one...
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intermediate railway station in Brasted, Kent on the closed Westerham Valley branch line. The station closed in 1961 and the site is covered by the carriageway...
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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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line". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 2 June 2020. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6...
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several English railways, including branches for Manchester and Milford, Hemel Hempstead, Westerham Valley Branch Line Welsh railways in Merionethshire and...
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Halt is a now-closed intermediate railway station on the Westerham branch line in Kent. The line was built as single track with provision for double track...
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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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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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Chevening was served by a halt on the Westerham Valley Branch Line running between Westerham and Dunton Green: the branch opened in 1881 but the halt at Chevening...
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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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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 Railway. The...
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Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road Westerham Valley branch line Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt Gravesend West Line Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet...
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South Eastern Railway (England) (redirect from South Eastern Railway (Extension to Westerham) Act 1864)
Dunton Green to Westerham) was built, leaving a branch line rather than a through route. The remaining four miles (6 km) to the new Oxted Line (then still...
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direction before their return journey to New Romney. Three months later the line was fully opened all the way to Dungeness; however, and as a matter of confusion...
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facilities was spurred by competition from the South Eastern Railway's branch line to Port Victoria, on the opposite bank of the River Medway, from which...
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Caterham line is a railway branch line running from Caterham in Surrey to Purley in South London. It operates as a commuter service to London. The line was...
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the LRC. On 24 July, the company was authorised to extend the line by building a branch from Lydd to New Romney which opened on 19 June 1884. The LRC...
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Opened in 1863 as part of the Kent Coast Railway company's extension of its line from Herne Bay, it was conveniently situated for the seaside resort's beach...
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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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David & Charles. p. 159. ISBN 0-946537-37-2. Hart, Brian (1984). Elham Valley Line. Upper Bucklebury, Berkshire: Wild Swan Publications Ltd. p. 14. ISBN 0-906867-22-3...
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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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Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road Westerham Valley branch line Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt Gravesend West Line Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet...
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Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road Westerham Valley branch line Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt Gravesend West Line Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet...
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remaining original station buildings (on the original 'down' side of the line) were demolished and replaced with a modern shelter of breeze-block and timber...
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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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