Dymchurch railway station

51°01′31″N 0°59′27″EDymchurch railway station is on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is five miles (eight km) south of Hythe, and surrounded by flat countryside.

Dymchurch
Station on heritage railway
Dymchurch railway station looking from the footbridge towards St Marys Bay
General information
LocationDymchurch, Folkestone & Hythe
England
Grid referenceTR098293
Managed byRHDR
Platforms2
Key dates
16 July 1927Opened
1940closed
1946reopened

The station opened on 16 July 1927 as Dymchurch (Marshlands), to distinguish it from a nearby station called Burmarsh for East Dymchurch and later as Dymchurch Bay.

The station has two platforms connected by a footbridge. On the 'up' platform there is a shelter and a station master's house. On the 'down' platform is a station building incorporating a booking office and staff room, a shop selling souvenirs and refreshments, and a women's toilet. The men's toilets are in the supporting pillars of the footbridge, although only that on the 'down' platform is in use.

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 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 turntable, and a mainline crossover to allow shuttle trains from New Romney. 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 via 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.


  • Dymchurch railway station looking towards Burmarsh Road
    Dymchurch railway station looking towards Burmarsh Road
  • Dymchurch railway station looking towards St Marys Bay
    Dymchurch railway station looking towards St Marys Bay
  • Dymchurch railway station main station building looking towards Burmarsh Road
    Dymchurch railway station main station building looking towards Burmarsh Road
  • Dymchurch railway station
    Dymchurch railway station
  • Dymchurch railway station looking towards the ticket office
    Dymchurch railway station looking towards the ticket office
  • Dymchurch railway station ticket office
    Dymchurch railway station ticket office
  • A train pulled by the locomotive Samson about to leave Dymchurch station
    A train pulled by the locomotive Samson about to leave Dymchurch station
  • Train for Hythe in 1962
    Train for Hythe in 1962
  • John Southland approaches Dymchurch station
    John Southland approaches Dymchurch station
Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Burmarsh Road   RHDR   St Mary's Bay
  Historical railways  
Burmarsh Road
Line open, station closed		   RHDR   Golden Sands Halt
Line open, station closed
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