The site of Frittenden Road station
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The site of Frittenden Road station
Image: © Marathon Taken: 21 Jan 2023
The Kent & East Sussex Railway, which closed here in 1954, once passed through the trees ahead and just to the right of here was the site of Frittenden Road station. For more information about the station and photographs of it see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/frittenden_road/ The original line was opened by the Rother Valley Railway between Rolvenden and Robertsbridge in 1900. At that time Rolvenden station was named Tenterden until the station up the hill was opened. The railway extended to Tenterden Town in 1903 and on to Headcorn in 1905, naming itself the Kent & East Sussex Railway in the process. The section from Tenterden Town to Headcorn closed in 1954 and the rest of the line in 1961. The line west of Tenterdown Town was reopened by the Kent & East Sussex Railway in stages. Tenterdown Town station was reopened on 3rd February 1974 but the line only went as far as Rolvenden. The extension to Wittersham Road came in 1977, to Northiam in 1990 and to Bodiam in 2000. The section from Tenterdown Town to Headcorn was never reopened and some parts have completely disappeared whereas other sections like here either side of Frittenden Road are clearly visible in the landscape.
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