Dymchurch railway station: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Railway station in Dymchurch, England}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Dymchurch

| type = Station on [[heritage railway]]

| image = RH and DR - Dymchurch Station c.jpg

| caption = Dymchurch railway station looking from the footbridge towards St Marys Bay

| borough = [[Dymchurch]], [[Folkestone & Hythe (District)|Folkestone & Hythe]]

| country = England

| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TR098293|25|TR098293}}

| manager = [[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway|RHDR]]

| platforms = 2

| years = 16 July 1927

| events = Opened

| years1 = 1940

| events1 = closed

| years2 = 1946

| events2 = reopened

{{Coord|51.0252|0.9909|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title|format=dms}}'''Dymchurch railway station''' is on the [[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway]] in [[Kent]], [[England]]. It is five miles (eight km) south of [[Hythe, Kent|Hythe]], and surrounded by flat countryside.

The station opened on 16 July 1927 as '''Dymchurch (Marshlands)''', to distinguish it from a nearby station called [[Burmarsh Road railway station|Burmarsh for East Dymchurch]] and later as [[Burmarsh Road railway station|Dymchurch Bay]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=W.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;K. |title=The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |date=1988 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-9225-5 |page=29}}</ref>

The station is a tourist destination, largely for the sandy beaches nearby, the holiday arcades and an amusement park. It has three staff during the summer (one only, out of season). It is a [[British absolute block signalling|block station]] for train control purposes.

== History ==

Originally larger, the 1920s station had three platforms (two through platforms and a bay platform) with an overall roof, a [[signal box]], a [[Railway turntable|turntable]], and a mainline crossover to allow shuttle trains from New Romney.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=W.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;K. |title=The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway |date=1988 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-9225-5 |page=195}}</ref> These never happened, and the turntable was removed in the 1930s. A second crossover was installed before the war and shuttles worked between Dymchurch and [[Hythe railway station (RHDR)|Hythe]] via [[Burmarsh Road railway station|Burmarsh Road]]. The signalbox was removed in the 1960s, and the remaining four switches bolted in the normal position, primitive colour-light signals being worked by domestic light switches from the booking office for normal block operations. They were not interlocked with the points, or each other. These signals were subsequently removed.

File:John Southland Approaches Dymchurch Station - geograph.org.uk - 1359762.jpg|''John Southland'' approaches Dymchurch station

{{Heritage rail start}}

{{Rail line|previous=[[Burmarsh Road railway station|Burmarsh Road]]|route=[[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway|RHDR]]|next=[[St Mary's Bay railway station|St Mary's Bay]] |col={{Heritage rail colour|line=Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway}} }}

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{{rail line |previous={{stnlnk|Burmarsh Road}}<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small> |next={{stnlnk|Golden Sands Halt}}<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small> |route=[[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway|RHDR]] |col={{Heritage rail colour|line=Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway}} }}

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==References==

{{reflist}}

{{RHDR Stations}}

{{Kent railway stations}}

[[Category:Heritage railway stations in Kent]]

[[Category:Transport in Folkestone and Hythe]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1927]]