Disused , Abandoned Lydd Town Station (formerly Lydd Station)
Opened on 7 December 1881 as Lydd Station, on 4 July 1937 the station was renamed Lydd Town to prevent confusion with a newly opened station at Lydd-on-Sea.
One of my favourite abandoned stations Lydd Town Station (formerly Lydd Station) (Closed)the station
this picture shows you the station and works shed
Opened on 7 December 1881 as Lydd Station, on 4 July 1937 the station was renamed Lydd Town to prevent confusion with a newly opened station at Lydd-on-Sea
Lydd Town Station was a substantial facility, with a large goods yard and much passenger and freight traffic generated by nearby army camps.
A branch ran south from the goods yard into the army camps, which were served by Lydd Military Railway.
A passing loop was provided at the station, but this has subsequently been lifted. The station was closed to passenger traffic on 6 March 1967 and to freight on 4 October 1971. Part of the site is now used as a recycling facility.
The passing loop was reinstated to allow locomotives to change ends and shunt the train.
The Lydd Railway Company's 11-mile branch to Dungeness opened to freight services in December 1881. Initially passenger trains terminated at Lydd. The line's promoters hoped that creating a rail link between London and Dungeness would lead to the development of a port from which cross-channel steamers could operate. But this grand plan failed to materialise and the branch was left to stagnate. It did though carry some shingle traffic as well as flints for the potteries