Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station information
Disused railway station in Kent, England
Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
Elvington station site
General information
Location
Tilmanstone, Dover (district) England
Grid reference
TR285505
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
1925
renamed Elvington
1 November 1948
Closed
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 after the last train on 30 October 1948. The station served the pit village of Elvington.[1] Part of the platform is still in situ hidden in undergrowth.
Preceding station
Disused railways
Following station
Eythorne
16 October 1916 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway
Knowlton
Eythorne
1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 Southern Region
Knowlton
^Mitchell & Smith (1989)
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