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Wingham (Canterbury Road)
The site of the station in 2013
General information
Location	Wingham, Dover (district) England
Grid reference	TR236574
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	East Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping	East Kent Light Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1925	Opened
1 November 1948	Closed for passengers
1 March 1951	officially completely closed

Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station was a terminus on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in 1925 (named Wingham) and the last passenger train ran on 30 October 1948. There was a siding to the south of the road, and carriages were usually run into the station under gravity. Occasional freight/parcel trains ran until 1950 but the station was not officially closed until 1951. After closure the cutting containing the station was infilled and covered with a field of crops. The site of the sidings are now occupied by a tea shop adjacent to which is a short section of undisturbed trackbed.

References

1. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition p. 108
2. East Kent Light Railway
3. "Wingham Canterbury Road". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

Sources

• Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.

51°16′17″N 1°12′22″E / 51.2714°N 1.2060°E / 51.2714; 1.2060

• Disused railway stations in Kent
• Former East Kent Light Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1925
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1948