Ash Town railway station

Ash Town railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway. The station served the village of Ash.[2]

Ash Town
Site of the station in 1990
LocationAsh, Dover (district)
England
Grid referenceTR286581
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Kent Light Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
16 October 1916Opened
1 November 1948Closed
1 March 1951[1]closed completely

History

Opened by the East Kent Light Railway on 16 October 1916, it attracted fleeting interest from the Southern Railway. However this faded and the railway stayed independent until being absorbed into the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October that year. The track was removed in May 1954. Today there is no trace of the station or the railway as the site is now landscaped into a field.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Woodnesborough   16 October 1916 to
31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Staple
Woodnesborough   1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
BR(S)		   Staple

References
  1. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/ash_town/index.shtml
  2. Mitchell & Smith (1989)
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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

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