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Whitstable Harbour railway station

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37: 285: 252:. The station opened in 1830. It was extended in the mid-1870s and resited in 1895. The Canterbury and Whitstable line closed to passengers in 1931 and freight in 1952, although it was reopened for a month following the 272:
were erected at Whitstable Harbour. In the mid-1870s, the station was extended. A brick-built booking office was provided and the platform was extended to take three carriages. The coke ovens closed in 1880 when the
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The original station was opened on 2 May 1830. It was located north of Harbour Street. Whitstable Harbour was built by
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thereafter. The line remained open to freight until 1 December 1952. Following the
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The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway closed to passengers on 1 January 1931. The
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at the station closed on 11 February 1931, with the line being worked as a
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The second station, in the 1960s. First station in background.
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was the name of two disused railway stations serving
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Photograph of Whitstable Harbour station in the 1960s
Whitstable
Kent
51°21′47″N 1°1′50″E / 51.36306°N 1.03056°E / 51.36306; 1.03056
Grid reference
TR 107 660
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
South Eastern Railway
Southern Railway
Whitstable
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
North Sea flood of 1953
Thomas Telford
coke ovens
South Eastern Railway
locomotives

signal box
siding
North Sea flood of 1953
South Eastern Railway
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Canterbury North Lane
Canterbury West
South Eastern Railway
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Blean and Tyler Hill Halt
South Eastern Railway
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
South Street Halt

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