Wingham Colliery railway station
# Wingham Colliery railway station

Wingham Colliery railway station was a railway station on the East Kent Light Railway in southeast England. It was intended to serve Wingham Colliery, a short distance to the south, but the mine was aborted without producing any coal. The railway then tried to develop a passenger business, extending the line towards Wingham Town with the long-term aim of reaching Canterbury, but ran out of money before they did so.

Today there is little trace of the station or the railway, other than a line of trees that follow the course of the old trackbed and define the edge of a field. The station buildings consisted of two small wooden structures on the north side of the track that were moved to Wingham Town when it was built; the site has now been landscaped into the field.

## History

It opened on 16 October 1916 and the last passenger train ran on 30 October 1948. Wingham Colliery was not developed beyond a 50-foot shaft.

| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| - | - | - |
| Staple | 16 October 1916 to 1920 East Kent Light Railway | Terminus |
| Staple | 1920 to 31 December 1947 East Kent Light Railway | Wingham Town |
| Staple | 1 January 1948 to 30 October 1948 Southern Region | Wingham Town |
