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Lydd Railway

From Graces Guide

1881 Incorporated to build a line from Appledore to Lydd. Length 10 miles.

Additional powers to extend from Appledore to Headcorn (15 miles) and add a loop (3 miles) to New Romney

1883 Additional powers to build a line from Headcorn to Maidstone (9 miles)

1885 Powers to build a line from Loose to Sutton Valence (about 6.5 miles)

1896 Acquired by the South Eastern Railway. The line is 15 miles long running from Appledore to Lydd, Dungeness and New Romney. It has been worked by the South Eastern railway as part of their system[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Railway News - Saturday 27 July 1895
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