5616 x 3744 px | 47,5 x 31,7 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 giugno 2024
Ubicazione:
Wittersham Road Station, Kent and east Sussex Railway.
Altre informazioni:
Here, once again, the original station site was largely cleared by British Railways, but for the reopening in 1978 the railway provided a platform using coping stones from Heathfield Station in Sussex. The platform is flanked by railings & the station nameboard retrieved from Cranbrook. The signal box is a Saxby and Farmer type 5 box from Deal Junction, Dover built about 1882 and transported here for the opening of the rebuilt station. The yard is somewhat extended from its old role as a busy agricultural goods yard and is currently used by the Permanent Way Department. The station building is set at right angles to the line and closely resembles the original, but came from the Cambrian Railway at Borth in Wales. Opposite this building across the station yard is a relic of World War 2. The small Blockhouse was built as an ammunition store for one of a pair of 'super heavy' 9.2" rail-mounted guns that were based on the railway from February 1941 to 8th August 1944. They had a range of some 20 miles and would have been used to ire on the beaches edging Romney Marsh in the event of invasion. This aerial shot of Wittersham Rd shows the true remoteness of the rural landscape that so often can only be appreciated from the line
