IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Station Approach, WHITSTABLE, CT5 1QS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Station Approach, CT5 1QS by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (141 Images Found)
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Whitstable station
The line between Faversham and Whitstable was opened by the Margate Railway on 1st August 1860, and was extended to Herne Bay on 13th July 1861. The first station on that line to serve Whitstable was in Oxford Street, and was known as Whitstable Town; it closed after the last train on 31st December 1914.
The following day, a new station was opened just under half a mile to the east and this was named Whitstable Town & Tankerton. The station was renamed Whitstable & Tankerton on 1st February 1936, and Whitstable in 1979.
This view is from the up platform. The next station in this direction is Faversham.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Mar 2020
0.01 miles
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In front of Whitstable Railway Station
Image: © Neil Theasby
Taken: 24 Mar 2019
0.02 miles
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Whitstable station
The line between Faversham and Whitstable was opened by the Margate Railway on 1st August 1860, and was extended to Herne Bay on 13th July 1861. The first station on that line to serve Whitstable was in Oxford Street, and was known as Whitstable Town; it closed after the last train on 31st December 1914.
The following day, a new station was opened just under half a mile to the east and this was named Whitstable Town & Tankerton. The station was renamed Whitstable & Tankerton on 1st February 1936, and Whitstable in 1979.
This view is from the footbridge. The next station in this direction is Chestfield and Swalecliffe.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Mar 2020
0.02 miles
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Whitstable station
The line between Faversham and Whitstable was opened by the Margate Railway on 1st August 1860, and was extended to Herne Bay on 13th July 1861. The first station on that line to serve Whitstable was in Oxford Street, and was known as Whitstable Town; it closed after the last train on 31st December 1914.
The following day, a new station was opened just under half a mile to the east and this was named Whitstable Town & Tankerton. The station was renamed Whitstable & Tankerton on 1st February 1936, and Whitstable in 1979. The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway which was said to be the first passenger railway in the world, but closed to passengers in 1931 and entirely in 1953, branched off to the right just ahead. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2008/05/27/history_lost_railway_feature.shtml and http://www.kentpast.co.uk/Article/C__W_Railway.html
This view is from the up platform. The next station in this direction is Chestfield and Swalecliffe.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 12 Mar 2020
0.02 miles