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London Road, DOVER, CT16 3BY

On the junction of London Road Temple Ewell (in front) and Kearsney Avenue (behind the pub).

The line from Faversham to Canterbury East was opened on 9th July 1860 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 22nd July 1861 this was extended from Canterbury East to Dover and Kearsney station was opened on 1st August 1862 The station was actually built as the station for Temple Ewell and the parish of River. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel which was on the main Dover to London road. The station had a small goods siding, and a siding for passenger trains. The next stop towards the coast was Dover, and there was also a loop that took the railway directly onto the Kent Coast Line line towards Margate, bypassing Dover. In the early days of the railway this meant trains did not always have to make the steep climb out of Dover. In practice the loop was little used for passenger trains, and was mainly used by freight. Latterly the line was used by coal trains to Richborough power station. This view looks from the footbridge to the main station buildings on the down platform.

Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number 14/01090 for the “erection of two pairs of semi-detached dwellings (four dwellings) and erection of two car ports and associated car parking (existing doctors surgery to be demolished)”. The location was formerly that of the Image

The line from Faversham to Canterbury East was opened on 9th July 1860 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 22nd July 1861 this was extended from Canterbury East to Dover and Kearsney station was opened on 1st August 1862 The station was actually built as the station for Temple Ewell and the parish of River. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel which was on the main Dover to London road. The station had a small goods siding, and a siding for passenger trains. The next stop towards the coast was Dover, and there was also a loop that took the railway directly onto the Kent Coast Line line towards Margate, bypassing Dover. In the early days of the railway this meant trains did not always have to make the steep climb out of Dover. In practice the loop was little used for passenger trains, and was mainly used by freight. Latterly the line was used by coal trains to Richborough power station. This view looks towards Canterbury East and London. This line has a number of attractive footbridges of which this is a typical example.

The line from Faversham to Canterbury East was opened on 9th July 1860 by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. On 22nd July 1861 this was extended from Canterbury East to Dover and Kearsney station was opened on 1st August 1862 The station was actually built as the station for Temple Ewell and the parish of River. The community of Kearsney grew around the Railway Bell Hotel which was on the main Dover to London road. The station had a small goods siding, and a siding for passenger trains. The next stop towards the coast was Dover, and there was also a loop that took the railway directly onto the Kent Coast Line line towards Margate, bypassing Dover. In the early days of the railway this meant trains did not always have to make the steep climb out of Dover. In practice the loop was little used for passenger trains, and was mainly used by freight. Latterly the line was used by coal trains to Richborough power station. This view looks from the footbridge towards Canterbury East and London, with the main station buildings on the down platform to the right.

(The "Gazateer info as will appear:" has it spelt Kearnsey, but it is in fact Kearsney)