Canterbury South railway station

Disused railway station in Kent

51°15′58″N 1°05′05″E / 51.266073°N 1.084812°E / 51.266073; 1.084812Grid referenceTR 153 564Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryPre-groupingSouth Eastern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates1 July 1889Opened1 December 1940Closed to passengers1 October 1947Closed to freight

Canterbury South was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1889. It was situated on the extension of the Elham Valley Railway from Barham to Harbledown Junction, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line.[1] A 17-lever signal box was provided.[2] Initially, there were six passenger trains per day. By 1906 there were nine trains a day, with five on Sunday. This had reduced to six trains a day by 1922.[3] The double track between Lyminge and Harbledown Junction was reduced to single track from 25 October 1931 and the signal boxes between those points were abolished.[4] Services had been reduced to five trains a day by 1937.[3]

Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The military established block posts at Canterbury South and Bishopsbourne, under the control of the Royal Corps of Signals.[2] The station remained open to freight during the war. Military control was relinquished on 19 February 1945. The Elham Valley Railway closed on 1 October 1947.[5]

The site of the station is now covered by the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.[6]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Canterbury West   Southern Railway
Elham Valley Railway 		  Bridge

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  2. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 105.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
  4. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustrations 104 & 116.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
  6. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Closed railway stations in Kent
Canterbury and Whitstable RailwayElham Valley RailwayHawkhurst branch lineHundred of Hoo RailwayKent and East Sussex RailwaySheppey Light RailwayEast Kent Light RailwayWesterham Valley branch lineGravesend West LineSandgate Branch
South Eastern Main LineDover areaMarshlink line
Dungeness branchesRomney, Hythe and Dymchurch RailwaySER & LCDR merger remodellingOther lines
Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West
Chatham Main Line
Kent Coast line
Maidstone East line
Medway Valley line
Sheerness line