Dungeness railway station (South Eastern Railway)
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This article is about the closed railway station of the South Eastern Railway. For the current light railway station at Dungeness, see Dungeness railway station.
Dungeness was a railway station which served the Dungeness headland in Kent, England. Opened in 1883 by The Lydd Railway Company, it closed to passengers in 1937. Part of the line which served the station is converted to the main access road as a means of transporting atomic waste from nearby Dungeness nuclear power station.
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Dungeness | |
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General information | |
Location | Dungeness, Folkestone & Hythe England |
Grid reference | TR088171 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Lydd Railway Company South Eastern Railway South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 April 1883 | Opened |
4 July 1937 | Closed to passengers[1] |
May 1953 | Closed entirely |
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