railroad.wikisort.org - StationGoudhurst is a closed railway station on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England.[1]
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A postcard view of Goudhurst station in the 1900s |
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Location | Goudhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent England |
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Grid reference | TQ709373 |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway |
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Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway |
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Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
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1 October 1892 | Station opened as Hope Mill for Goudhurst and Lamberhurst |
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1 December 1892 | Renamed Goudhurst |
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12 June 1961 | Station closed |
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Goudhurst station, 1948 |
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River Teise |
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to Cranbrook |
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Running line |
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Sidings |
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History
The station originally opened on 1 October 1892 as Hope Mill, for Goudhurst & Lamberhurst,[2] when the line was opened from Paddock Wood.[3] It was named after the parish, but following the presentation of a petition to the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Railway Company in November 1892,[4] the name was changed to Goudhurst on 1 December 1892.[2][5] The station was the terminus of the line for just over eleven months, until the extension to Hawkhurst was opened on 4 September 1893.[3][6] The station was approximately one mile to the west of the village of Goudhurst which was some 250 ft higher than the station, presenting a somewhat daunting task for a baggage-laden passenger.[4] The station achieved some degree of fame when it appeared in the 1950s children's television series "The Old Pull and Push".[7] It also featured in the 1953 children's film Adventures in the Hopfields.
The station was closed with the line on 12 June 1961.[3][5] The fine station building was demolished in the 1960s and replaced with a private dwelling called "Haltwhistle" which is situated on the area where the goods yard would have been. The property is surrounded by high conifer trees and a swimming pool has been put in between part of the former platforms. The old station lights line the drive to the house.[7]
Accidents
On 18 February 1948 C Class locomotive 1225 was wrongly despatched into the north sidings at Goudhurst and derailed.[8]
References
- Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 6 section D5. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 183. CN 8983.
- Harding, Peter A. (1998). The Hawkhurst Branch line. Woking, Surrey: P.A. Harding. p. 9. ISBN 0-9523458-3-8.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- Vallance, H.A. (February 1955). "Through the Wealden Hills to Hawkhurst" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. Westminster: Tothill Press. 101 (646): 122. ISSN 0033-8923. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- Oppitz, Leslie (2003). Lost Railways of Kent. Newbury, Berks: Countryside Books. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-85306-803-4. OCLC 52565653.
- Scott-Morgan, John (2008). Branches & Byways - Kent. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-86093-616-9.
External links
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Horsmonden |
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British Railways Southern Region Hawkhurst Branch |
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Cranbrook |
Goudhurst |
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Locations in the parish of Goudhurst |
- Bedgebury Cross
- Curtisden Green
- Kilndown
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Buildings | |
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People |
- Ernest Benians
- William Beresford
- Harry Christophers
- Gerald Dickens
- Leonard Franklin
- Stephen Groombridge
- Daniel Horsmanden
- Stephen Law
- Hopper Levett
- Richard Milbourne
- Alfred Mynn
- William Rootes
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Schools | |
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Sport, arts and leisure |
- Bedgebury Forest
- Bedgebury National Pinetum
- Bewl Water
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Closed railway stations in Kent |
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Canterbury and Whitstable Railway |
- Whitstable Harbour
- Tankerton
- South Street
- Blean and Tyler Hill
- Canterbury North Lane
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Elham Valley Railway |
- Canterbury South
- Bridge
- Bishopsbourne
- Barham
- Elham
- Lyminge
- Cheriton Halt
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Hawkhurst branch line | |
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Hundred of Hoo Railway |
- Milton Road Halt
- Denton halt
- Milton Range Halt
- Uralite Halt
- Cliffe
- High Halstow Halt
- Sharnal Street
- Beluncle Halt
- Middle Stoke Halt
- Stoke Junction Halt
- Allhallows-on-Sea
- Grain Crossing Halt
- Grain
- Port Victoria
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Kent and East Sussex Railway |
- Headcorn Junction
- Frittenden Road
- Biddenden
- High Halden Road
- Tenterden St. Michael's
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Sheppey Light Railway |
- Sheerness East
- East Minster
- Minster on Sea
- Brambledown Halt
- Eastchurch
- Harty Road Halt
- Leysdown
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East Kent Light Railway |
- Richboro Port
- Sandwich Road
- Roman Road
- Poison Cross
- Woodnesborough
- Eastry
- Eastry South
- Knowlton
- Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
- Ash Town
- Staple
- Wingham Colliery
- Wingham Town
- Canterbury Road
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Westerham Valley branch line |
- Westerham
- Brasted
- Chevening Halt
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Gravesend West Line |
- Gravesend West
- Rosherville Halt
- Southfleet
- Longfield Halt
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Sandgate Branch | |
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South Eastern Main Line |
- Smeeth
- Folkestone East
- Folkestone Warren Halt
- Shakespeare Cliff Halt
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Dover area |
- Dover Harbour
- Dover Town
- Admiralty Pier
- Dover Marine
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Marshlink line Dungeness branches |
- Brookland Halt
- Lydd Town
- Lydd-on-Sea Halt
- Greatstone-on-Sea Halt
- New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea
- Dungeness (SER)
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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway |
- Prince of Wales Halt
- Botolph's Bridge Halt
- Golden Sands Halt
- Greatstone Dunes
- War Department Halt
- Lade
- The Pilot (Inn)
- Britannia Points Halt
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SER & LCDR merger remodelling |
- Ashford West (LCDR Ashford)
- Chatham Central (SER Chatham)
- Margate Sands (SER Margate)
- Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate)
- Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate)
- Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood)
- Rochester Common (SER Rochester)
- Strood (1st) (SER Strood)
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Other lines | Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West | Chislet Colliery Halt
- Grove Ferry and Upstreet
- Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt
- St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay
- Tivoli
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Chatham Main Line |
- Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea
- Stonehall and Lydden Halt
- Margate East
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Kent Coast line | Richborough Castle Halt |
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Maidstone East line | |
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Medway Valley line |
- Teston Crossing Halt
- Tovil
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Sheerness line |
- Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt
- Queenborough Pier
- Sheerness Dockyard
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