Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station
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Tilmanstone Colliery Halt was a station on the East Kent Light Railway
. It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the pit village of Elvington
. Part of the platform is still in situ hidden in undergrowth.
East Kent Light Railway
The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager...
. It opened on 16 October 1916 and was renamed Elvington in 1925. It closed to passenger traffic on 30 October 1948. The station served the pit village of Elvington
Elvington, Kent
Elvington is a small pit village on a ridge in between Canterbury and Dover in the county of Kent in Southeast England. Located near Eythorne, Elvington was mostly built in the early 20th Century to serve the nearby coal mine at Tilmanstone, as were other Kent Coalfield villages including Snowdown,...
. Part of the platform is still in situ hidden in undergrowth.