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Ben Nunn · April 13th 04, 08:54 AM posted to uk.transport.london

Unless I'm very much mistaken, it was James ), in
message who said:
There are 100 platform tickets floating around for Lullingstone, a
station that was built in the late 1930s between Swanley and
Eynsford, but never opened as a result of WW2..

That must have been very close to Eynsford station. Presumably it was
located at the road leading out of Eynsford to Lullingstone Roman
Villa. Was the intention to close Eynsford?

No, it wasn't *that* close to Eynsford and the plan was to expand the
surrounding area with new development, and the station was to be built as a
part of this - e.g. there would be a load of commuterland pretty much
stretching between the two stations.

In the event, neither actually happened, with post-war greenbelt legislation
probably playing some part, although the station platforms were still in
situ last time I went through the station - probably about 8 years ago.

BTN