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The Southern Railway undertook a lot of rationalisation when it took over in 1923. Many stations in the same town owned by competing companies were closed such as in Midhurst, Leatherhead, Epsom as well as the rationalisation in the Thanet area of Margate/Ramsgate. Other stations closed - Dover...

Canterbury C&W station was situated in North Lane about 300 yards east of the present Canterbury West station. It closed to passengers in 1846 when the present Canterbury West station was opened. The site became the goods yard until complete closure around 1990 when much of the land was sold for...

I get a steady trickle of scam calls and as per Dangie I like to string them along. I wonder how many have arrived at one of the false addresses I gave them- 24, Leinster Gardens, London W2 3ET....?:)

At Uxbridge work started by GWR on constructing a link line between Uxbridge High Street branch and Uxbridge Vine Street branch. Work was well advance including construction of an overbridge and sections of embankment. Both branches were abandoned in the 1960s.

Southern Heights Railway between Orpington and Sanderstead. Plenty of survey work done. Light Railway Order was granted around 1928. Work began at Orpington with widening the embankment south of the station for a diveunder the mainline. No further work done due to lack of resources...

I agree with PeterC above . Further details see "Disused Stations" website http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blackfriars_ser/index.shtml

Beaten by one minute- A second vote for Fleet..!

Correct- it is Uckfield.

Where is this?

As a suggestion would Travel Insurance cover alternative transport due to absence of trains?

Correct- well done (sorry for the delay in replying due to another commitment this morning)

Here is the next one..

I will look into the files to see if I can come up with another one tomorrow (probably afternoon). A rail trip tomorrow may give ideas. I have been watching but some of the stations I did not recognize from sections of roof, fencing or platform It was good to see a 4-CEP in my home county.

Queenborough

With the present track layout at Ashford it is not possible to run from HS1 direct onto the Hastings line. Accordingly it will require costly additional crossovers/points and associated signalling to be provide the connections. It is single line Appledore-Rye (passing loop)- Ore thus timing of...

If there are no passenger trains booked over the line should it have gone through the legal process of "withdrawal of passenger services" closure procedure?

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - 15inches

in the film "Titfield Thunderbolt" the heritage train being assessed by the Minister of Transport Inspector exceeded 25 mph but the average speed was 24 mph which he accepted and the LRO was granted.

Woodside- Selsdon was mention in the Beeching Report as "Under consideration for closure before the report was published". Other electrified SR lines to close include Reading Southern- Spur Junction, Dover Western Docks, Holborn Viaduct to Blackfriars and Elmers End- Addiscombe. West Croydon-...

Up to closure in 1967 the Three Bridges- East Grinstead/ Tunbridge Wells West service operated as a shuttle from the down bay platform at Three Bridges.