Shepherdswell railway station
Shepherdswell railway station is a station on the East Kent Railway. The southern terminus of the East Kent Light Railway, It opened on 16 October 1916 and closed to passenger traffic after the last train on 30 October 1948.Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Shepherdswell, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shepherdswell (EKLR)”, “Shepherdswell (EKLR) railway station”, “Shepherdswell (EKR)”, “Shepherdswell (EKR) railway station”, and “Shepherdswell EKLR Railway Station”
- Address: Station Road, Shepherdswell
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shepherds Well railway station and Church of St Andrew.
Shepherds Well railway station
Railway station
Photo: Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shepherds Well railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Shepherdswell, Kent. It is 71 miles 60 chains down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Snowdown and Kearsney. Shepherds Well railway station is situated 610 feet south of Shepherdswell railway station.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: adrian newell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Shepherdswell railway station.
The Bell Inn
Pub
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bell Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Shepherdswell railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherdswell and Coldred.
Shepherdswell
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shepherdswell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred, in the Dover district of Kent, England. In 2011 it had a population of 1630.
Coldred
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldred is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shepherdswell with Coldred, in the Dover district of Kent, England. The main part of the village is Coldred Street which lies 1⁄2 mile to the south-west.
Barfrestone
Hamlet
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barfrestone is a village and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eythorne, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England. It is between Shepherdswell, Eythorne and Nonington, close to the former pit villages of Elvington and Snowdown.
Shepherdswell railway station
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, station, and transportation
- Location: Shepherdswell with Coldred, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18963° or 51° 11′ 23″ northLongitude
1.23063° or 1° 13′ 50″ eastElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Operator
East Kent RailwayNetwork
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Shepherdswell railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Shepherdswell (EKLR)”
- French: “Shepherdswell (EKLR)”
- Urdu: “شیفرڈز وِیل ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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