Shepherdswell (EKLR) Station

Shepherdswell (EKLR) Station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Shepherdswell


manager = East Kent Light Railway
locale = Shepherdswell
borough = Dover (district)
platforms = 1
years = 16 October 1914
events = Opened
years1 = 30 October 1948
events1 = Closed
years2 = 1993
events2 = Reopened

Shepherdswell station (TR 258 482 Coord|51.188398|1.229910|display=inline|format=dms) was the southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on October 16 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. The normal practice was to run coaches into the station under gravity. Shepherdswell was the location of the engine shed and works, and a large number of sidings. It served the village of Shepherdswell or Sibertswold. The station reopened as part of the East Kent Railway in 1993.East Kent Light Railway]
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