Goudhurst railway station
Goudhurst | |
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General information | |
Location | Goudhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent England |
Grid reference | TQ709373 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 October 1892 | Station opened as Hope Mill for Goudhurst and Lamberhurst |
1 December 1892 | Renamed Goudhurst |
12 June 1961 | Station closed |
Goudhurst station, 1948 |
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Goudhurst is a closed railway station on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England.[1]
History
[edit]The station originally opened on 1 October 1892 as Hope Mill, for Goudhurst & Lamberhurst,[2] when the line was opened from Paddock Wood.[3] It was named after the parish, but following the presentation of a petition to the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Railway Company in November 1892,[4] the name was changed to Goudhurst on 1 December 1892.[2][5] The station was the terminus of the line for just over eleven months, until the extension to Hawkhurst was opened on 4 September 1893.[3][6] The station was approximately one mile to the west of the village of Goudhurst which was some 250 ft higher than the station, presenting a somewhat daunting task for a baggage-laden passenger.[4] The station achieved some degree of fame when it appeared in the 1950s children's television series "The Old Pull and Push".[7] It also featured in the 1953 children's film Adventures in the Hopfields.
The station was closed with the line on 12 June 1961.[3][5] The fine station building was demolished in the 1960s and replaced with a private dwelling called "Haltwhistle" which is situated on the area where the goods yard would have been. The property is surrounded by high conifer trees and a swimming pool has been put in between part of the former platforms. The old station lights line the drive to the house.[7]
Accidents
[edit]On 18 February 1948, SECR C class 0-6-0 No. 1225 was wrongly despatched into the north sidings at Goudhurst and derailed.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 6 section D5. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 183. CN 8983.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Harding, Peter A. (1998). The Hawkhurst Branch line. Woking, Surrey: P.A. Harding. p. 9. ISBN 0-9523458-3-8.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 107. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Vallance, H.A. (February 1955). "Through the Wealden Hills to Hawkhurst" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. Vol. 101, no. 646. Westminster: Tothill Press. p. 122. ISSN 0033-8923. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Oppitz, Leslie (2003). Lost Railways of Kent. Newbury, Berks: Countryside Books. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-85306-803-4. OCLC 52565653.
- ^ Scott-Morgan, John (2008). Branches & Byways – Kent. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-86093-616-9.
External links
[edit]- Goudhurst railway station Disused Stations
- Goudhurst station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Signal diagram, 1948
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Horsmonden | British Railways Southern Region Hawkhurst Branch |
Cranbrook |