Richboro Port railway station (TR 334 603 51.293964°N 1.346354°W) was a station that the East Kent Light Railway intended to open for passenger traffic in November 1925. However, the poor condition of the bridge over the Southern Railway

Southern Railway (Great Britain)

The Southern Railway was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. It linked London with the Channel ports, South West England, South coast resorts and Kent...

 and River Stour

River Stour, Kent

The River Stour is the river in Kent, England that flows into the English Channel at Pegwell Bay. Above Plucks Gutter, where the Little Stour joins it, the river is normally known as the Great Stour. The upper section of the river, above its confluence with the East Stour at Ashford is sometimes...

 meant that permission to run trains was not forthcoming from His Majesty's Railway Inspectorate

HM Railway Inspectorate

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. The station was named Richboro Port, dropping the "ugh" off the end of Richborough, as witnessed by the nameboard on the station and contemporary maps.