Shepherdswell_railway_station_(EKLR)

Shepherdswell railway station (EKLR)

Shepherdswell railway station (EKLR)

Heritage railway station in England

Shepherdswell railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. The southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948. Shepherdswell was the location of the engine shed and works, and many sidings. It served the village of Shepherdswell or Sibertswold.

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The station reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993.[2] It is about 300 metres (980 ft) from the mainline station Shepherds Well.

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References

  1. [1]
    Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 386. OCLC 931112387.
  2. [2]
    Mitchell & Smith (1989)
  • Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.


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