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Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without producing any coal. The railway then tried to develop a passenger business, extending the line towards Wingham Town with the long-term aim of reaching Canterbury, but ran out of money before they did so.

Wingham Colliery
General information
Location	Wingham, Dover (district) England
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
16 October 1916	Opened
1 November 1948	Closed

Today there is little trace of the station or the railway, other than a line of trees that follow the course of the old trackbed and define the edge of a field. The station buildings consisted of two small wooden structures on the north side of the track that were moved to Wingham Town when it was built; the site has now been landscaped into the field.

History

It opened on 16 October 1916 and the last passenger train ran on 30 October 1948. Wingham Colliery was not developed beyond a 50-foot shaft.[1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Staple		16 October 1916 to 1920 East Kent Light Railway		Terminus
Staple		1920 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway		Wingham Town
Staple		1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 Southern Region		Wingham Town

References

External links

• "Disused Stations: Wingham Colliery Halt". Subterranea Britannica. 20 April 2010.

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