- Staple railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Staple
manager =East Kent Light Railway
locale = Staple
borough =Dover (district)
platforms = 1
years = 16 October 1916
events = Opened
years1 = 30 October 1948
events1 = ClosedStaple station (TR 275 578 Coord|51.273907|1.260286|display=inline|format=dms) was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened on October 16 1916 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. The station served the village of StapleThere was a
windpump supplying the water tower, a passing loop and four sidings. During World War Two, a large munitions dump was set up at Staple and a large calibre rail mounted gun stabled there. The windpump was demolished in June 1950.East Kent Light Railway] [http://www.kenelks.co.uk/railways/ekr.htm Ken Elks] ]References
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