Chislet_Colliery_Halt_railway_station

Chislet Colliery Halt railway station

Chislet Colliery Halt railway station

Disused railway station in Kent, England

Chislet Colliery Halt was a minor station on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. It opened in September 1919 and closed in 1971.

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History

Chislet Colliery started production in 1919 and halt was opened that year as local housing was inadequate for employees at the colliery.[2] The halt was in the parish of Westbere.[3] There were two platforms initially built of timber but later rebuilt in concrete.[4] In 1961 a signal box was built, it opened on 27 May.[5] Chislet Colliery closed on 25 July 1969,[3] and the halt was renamed Chislet Halt in that year.[6] The halt closed on 4 October 1971.[7] The signal box was permanently switched out on 28 July 1984 and closed on 14 September 1986.[5] As in May 2021 the platforms were still in situ.

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References

Citations
  1. [1]
    Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 59.
  3. [3]
    Mitchell & Smith 1995, Chislet Colliery.
  4. [4]
    Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustrations 59 & 60.
  5. [5]
    Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 61.
  6. [6]
    Kidner 1985, p. 43.
  7. [7]
    Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 60.
Sources
  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Surve and Gazeteer. Headington: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.
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