Knowlton railway station

Former railway station in England

Knowlton Halt

General information
Location| Knowlton, Dover (district)
England
Grid reference| TR288523
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
1 November 1948| Closed for passengers
31 October 1949[1]| closed completely

Knowlton was a halt on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on 16 October 1916 as Tilmanstone Village but was renamed the following year. It closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948.[2] After closure the platform was demolished and the area landscaped into a field. As at December 2011 the shallow cutting along which the railway ran at this site is still visible.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Tilmanstone Colliery Halt |  | 16 October 1916 to
1925
East Kent Light Railway  |  | Eastry
Elvington |  | 12 April 1925 to
31 December 1947
East Kent Light Railway  |  | Eastry South
Elvington |  | 1 January 1948 to
30 October 1948
Southern Region |  | Eastry South

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Disused Stations: Knowlton Halt".
2. ^ Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-61-4.

## External links[edit]

* www.disused-stations.org.uk

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Closed railway stations in Kent

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* Whitstable Harbour
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* South Street
* Blean and Tyler Hill
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* Canterbury South
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* Elham
* Lyminge
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Hawkhurst branch line|

* Horsmonden
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* Cranbrook
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Hundred of Hoo Railway|

* Milton Road Halt
* Denton halt
* Milton Range Halt
* Uralite Halt
* Cliffe
* High Halstow Halt
* Sharnal Street
* Beluncle Halt
* Middle Stoke Halt
* Stoke Junction Halt
* Allhallows-on-Sea
* Grain Crossing Halt
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Kent and East Sussex Railway|

* Headcorn Junction
* Frittenden Road
* Biddenden
* High Halden Road
* Tenterden St. Michael's

Sheppey Light Railway|

* Sheerness East
* East Minster
* Minster on Sea
* Brambledown Halt
* Eastchurch
* Harty Road Halt
* Leysdown

East Kent Light Railway|

* Richboro Port
* Sandwich Road
* Roman Road
* Poison Cross
* Woodnesborough
* Eastry
* Eastry South
* Knowlton
* Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
* Ash Town
* Staple
* Wingham Colliery
* Wingham Town
* Canterbury Road

Westerham Valley branch line|

* Westerham
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Gravesend West Line|

* Gravesend West
* Rosherville Halt
* Southfleet
* Longfield Halt

Sandgate Branch|

* Hythe
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South Eastern Main Line|

* Smeeth
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* Folkestone Warren Halt
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Dover area|

* Dover Harbour
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* Admiralty Pier
* Dover Marine

Marshlink line
Dungeness branches|

* Brookland Halt
* Lydd Town
* Lydd-on-Sea Halt
* Greatstone-on-Sea Halt
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* Dungeness (SER)

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway|

* Prince of Wales Halt
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* Golden Sands Halt
* Greatstone Dunes
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SER & LCDR merger remodelling|

* Ashford West (LCDR Ashford)
* Chatham Central (SER Chatham)
* Margate Sands (SER Margate)
* Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate)
* Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate)
* Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood)
* Rochester Common (SER Rochester)
* Strood (1st) (SER Strood)

Other lines|

| Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West|

Chislet Colliery Halt

* Grove Ferry and Upstreet
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* St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay
* Tivoli

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Chatham Main Line|

* Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea
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* Margate East

Kent Coast line|

Richborough Castle Halt

Maidstone East line|

* Hothfield

Medway Valley line|

* Teston Crossing Halt
* Tovil

Sheerness line|

* Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt
* Queenborough Pier
* Sheerness Dockyard

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