Lullingstone railway station
Lullingstone | |
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Southern Railway | |
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2 April 1939 | Intended opening |
Lullingstone railway station is an unopened station on the
History
During the 1920s and 1930s, London's suburbs expanded rapidly, leading to a period of unprecedented housebuilding.[1] As new sites for development were sought out, so the Kemp Town Brewery Co. purchased a 5,000-acre estate near the rural community of Lullingstone in Kent.[2] At the same time, the British government had been studying the future of air transport and airports in the London area and had decided that London would be served by four airports: the existing sites at Croydon and Heston, together with new airports at Fairlop and Lullingstone.[3]
In August 1936, it was reported in the
Plans had been drawn up by the Southern Railway for a substantial four-platform station situated immediately to the south of the 828-yard (757 m) Eynsford Tunnel.
By early 1939, the main line platforms and their
As a result of the war and the failure of the airport to materialise, Lullingstone station was never brought into use and gradually became derelict.[11][18][19] The introduction of the post-war Green Belt Act put a halt to any potential residential development and the incomplete station, standing in the middle of fields, was useless.[20][2][17] It was mostly dismantled in 1955, leaving only the concrete supports for the platforms.[21][17] The station canopy was removed and re-erected in 1960 at Canterbury East.[20]
As of January 2012[update] substantial remains of the platforms and the abandoned concrete approach road remain.[13]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Maidstone Line | Line and station open |
References
Notes
- ^ "Interwar expansion". LondonOnline. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, fig. 12.
- ^ Horne, M.A.C (18 August 2003). "The London Airports with particular reference to their transport links with London" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ King 2010, p. 53.
- ^ a b "Southern Railway Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 3 March 1937. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- ^ Yonge 2002, diagrams 6A and 7.
- ^ "Airport, Lullingstone". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 30 March 1938. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Sir Kingsley Wood's Statement". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 9 March 1939. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Airport, Lullingstone". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 30 March 1938. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ a b Body 1989, p. 92.
- ^ a b c d Mitchell & Smith 1995, Lullingstone.
- ^ a b Glasspool, David. "Lullingstone". Kent Rail. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Croughton, Kidner & Young 1982, p. 148.
- ^ a b c Quick 2009, p. 261.
- ^ Minutes of Dartford RDC 6 June 1939
- ^ a b c Devereux 1977, p. 21.
- ^ Dendy Marshall & Kidner 1963, p. 434.
- ^ Moody 1979, p. 66.
- ^ a b Course 1973, p. 79.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, fig. 11.
Sources
- Body, Geoffrey (1989) [1984]. Railways of the Southern Region. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-297-X.
- Course, Edwin (1973). The Railways of Southern England: The Main Lines. London: ISBN 0-7134-0490-6.
- Croughton, Godfrey; ISBN 0-85361-281-1.
- Dendy Marshall, C.F.; ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
- Devereux, Charles (1977). Railways to Sevenoaks. Tarrant Hinton, Dorset: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-191-2.
- King, John (March 2010). "Newspapers as a Transport History Source". Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society. 36 (207). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
- Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith A. (January 1995). Swanley to Ashford including Bat & Ball. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-45-6.
- Moody, G.T. (1979) [1957]. Southern Electric 1909-1979. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.
- Yonge, John (September 2002). Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams – Book 5: England South and London Underground (Quail Track Plans) (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. OCLC 55557335.
- Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: OCLC 612226077.
Further reading
- The Railway Magazine. Tothill Press: 303, 377. 1983.
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(help) - O'Connor, J.E. (January 2006). "The Suburb That Never Was.. The Lullingstone Schemes Of The 1930s (Part One)". The London Railway Record (46). Connor & Butler Ltd.
- O'Connor, J.E. (April 2006). "The Suburb That Never Was.. The Lullingstone Schemes Of The 1930s (Part Two)". The London Railway Record (47). Connor & Butler Ltd.