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However in [[1881]] the [[South Eastern and Chatham Railway]] opened a branch line from [[Dunton Green railway station|Dunton Green]] to Westerham with one station en route at [[Brasted railway station|Brasted]] . |
However in [[1881]] the [[South Eastern and Chatham Railway]] opened a branch line from [[Dunton Green railway station|Dunton Green]] to Westerham with one station en route at [[Brasted railway station|Brasted]] . |
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A road called The Flyers Way now covers the site of the station. Its name may well be a reference to a train which used to serve the station. Most of the trackbed of the branch line is now under the [[M25 motorway]]. |
Westerham station closed in [[1961]]. A road called The Flyers Way now covers the site of the station. Its name may well be a reference to a train which used to serve the station. Most of the trackbed of the branch line is now under the [[M25 motorway]]. |
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Revision as of 03:38, 30 March 2006
Westerham railway station served the village of Westerham, Kent.
No railway was ever constructed all the way between Sevenoaks and Redhill to parallel what is now the A25 road and the Pilgrims' Way. Reasons for this may include: a) the difficult choice between boggy land in the valley bottom and the gradients encountered on the A25 route at Limpsfield and Nutfield, b) the "pull" of London which meant that the emphasis was on radial routes from the capital.
However in 1881 the South Eastern and Chatham Railway opened a branch line from Dunton Green to Westerham with one station en route at Brasted .
Westerham station closed in 1961. A road called The Flyers Way now covers the site of the station. Its name may well be a reference to a train which used to serve the station. Most of the trackbed of the branch line is now under the M25 motorway.
External links
- Map sources for RHaworth/sb2
- Subterranea Britannica's page