Barham railway station
Barham | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1759663.jpg) Remains of Barham station, 16 April 1963 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Barham, Kent England |
| Coordinates | 51°12′14″N 1°09′17″E / 51.2038°N 1.1548°E |
| Grid reference | TR 204 496 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 4 July 1887 | Opened |
| 1 December 1940 | Closed to passengers |
| 1 October 1947 | Closed to freight |
Barham was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1887 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.
History
[edit]The station opened on 4 July 1887 with the opening of the Elham Valley Railway from Cheriton Junction, on the South Eastern Main Line as far as Barham.[1] An 18-lever signal box was provided. A public siding was located at Wingmore, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Barham.[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Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] On 31 October 1941, a fireman was killed on the footplate near Barham during an air raid.[5] 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.[6] The station building at Barham was demolished in November 1963.[5] Barham Signal Box is preserved at Shepherdswell, on the East Kent Railway.[7]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsbourne | Southern Railway Elham Valley Railway | Elham |
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Barham.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 111.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
- ^ "About East Kent Railway". East Kent Railway Trust. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.
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