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12th June 2008
A Canterbury-bound view shows vintage LC&DR iron railings on either platform, the original Station Master's house creeping out from behind the vegetation, the "down" waiting shelter of similar vintage and, prominent in the background, the SE&CR lattice footbridge. © David Glasspool
12th June 2008
A Faversham-bound view from the footbridge shows, on the right, the overgrown track bed of the former "down" refuge siding. David Morgan recalls that this siding was at least in part electrified (third rail) and could therefore be accessed by Class 71 locomotives until their demise in 1977. It was regularly used for stabling trains of ferry wagons en route to Dover at times when disruption or heavy traffic affected the train ferry service. The long siding on the "down" side at Shepherds Well was also retained for this purpose following the end of coal traffic from Tilmanstone, albeit this was not accessible to electric traction. The "up" shelter of 1995 is in evidence on the left, with the LC&DR shelter on the right; both were demolished in the following year. The 1958 platform extensions can be seen in the background. © David Glasspool
12th June 2008
The former site of the main "up" side station building had returned to nature in this Faversham-bound view. Little of structural historic interest has remained since the mid-1990s, but the station today still retains a full complement of iron railings, which date back to the earliest years. © David Glasspool
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