London Banter - View Single Post - Watford Stadium First Class Annual Travelcard

Bill Hayles · April 13th 04, 11:51 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 12 Apr 2004 09:12:06 -0700, (James) wrote:

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 was at the southern end of Eynsford tunnel. The buildings
lasted for many years, until they were used in the reconstruction of
Canterbury East in 1959. The up platform was still much in evidence
when I worked the line in the eighties. It may well still be.

There were plans to build a big housing estate in the area. The
nearest road is Crockenhill Lane, which leads from Eynsford to
Crockenhill.

--
Bill Hayles

http://billnot.com