Frittenden Road railway station
Frittenden Road was a railway station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway which closed in 1954. The wooden station building lay derelict for years and was destroyed by fire in October 2003.
| Frittenden Road | |
|---|---|
 The station building's brick base in 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Headcorn |
| Area | Ashford |
| Grid reference | TQ842408 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Kent and East Sussex Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 15 May 1905[1] | Station opened |
| 4 January 1954 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
As of 2012 most of the building's brick base still survives, and the general shape of the platform is still evident but much overgrown. The site is used by a joinery business whose premises straddle the trackbed immediately to the north of the old station.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headcorn Junction | British Railways Southern Region KESR |
Biddenden |
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
External links
- Frittenden Road station at Disused-Stations.org.uk
- Frittenden Road station on navigable 1940 O. S. map
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