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of that time. Workmen carrying out preliminary work used the halt between
November 1973 and January 1974, and it was used again in the early 1990s during the actual construction of the Channel Tunnel. At that time, the up platform was rebuilt and lengthened, and a substantial timber footbridge was
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dug a 1,893-metre (6,211 ft) pilot tunnel from the location. The project was abandoned in May 1882, owing to
British political and press campaigns claiming that a tunnel would compromise Britain's national defences. A further shaft was made in 1890 and
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built across the rail tracks, with offices on the bridge. Special season tickets were issued by
British Rail for people involved in constructing the Tunnel. The last use of the halt was by those constructing
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The halt has fallen into disuse since completion of the
Channel Tunnel in 1994. The timber shelter provided for users is barely standing, and the nameboard has gone, although its concrete supports remain.
274:. The station was never advertised in any public timetable because members of the public alighting there would find themselves on an isolated wedge of flat land carved into the chalk cliff face.
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Shakespeare Cliff halt (top left) seen during construction of
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was opened on the site in 1896 and was producing 8 long tons (8.1 t) of coal per day by 1907.
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298:Country Park on the site of the Tunnel workings.
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479:The Railways of Southern England: The Main Lines
449:Croughton, G.; Kidner, R.W.; Young, A. (1982).
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372:Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer
349:. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens. p. 209.
226:Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, photochrome print
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481:. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 49.
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399:. HarperCollins. pp. 14–21.
347:The Directory of Railway Stations
256:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
137:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
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599:Disused railway stations in Kent
604:1913 establishments in England
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529:"Shakespeare Cliff Halt"
509:. Subterranea Britannica
503:"Shakespeare Cliff Halt"
230:Shakespeare Cliff near
204:South Eastern Main Line
196:South Eastern Main Line
477:Course, Edwin (1973).
421:"Shakespeare Colliery"
370:Kidner, R. W. (1985).
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345:Butt, R.V.J. (1995).
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158:2 June 1913
67:Farthingloe
583:Categories
332:References
268:signal box
208:Folkestone
556:1°16′42″E
553:51°6′27″N
264:Admiralty
258:opened a
214:workers.
169:last used
153:Key dates
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218:History
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