Sandling station

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Sandling
Sandling Railway Station.jpg
Data
Design Through station
abbreviation SDG
Price range E.
opening January 1, 1888
location
Place / district Sandling
county Kent
Part of the country England
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 51 ° 5 '24 "  N , 1 ° 3' 58"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '24 "  N , 1 ° 3' 58"  E
Railway lines
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On May 7, 1994, Sandling was the starting point for tours of the Canal Tunnel in class 319 electric multiple units

Sandling station is on the South Eastern Main Line , where the Sandgate Branch used to be. It is the closest standard gauge station to Hythe .

In 1960, the station was assigned a camping coach , converted from a Pullman car , and equipped with a kitchen, two sleeping compartments and a room with two single beds.

Originally the Sandling Junction (station called branch ) and had four platform tracks. A platform track was closed when the line to Sandgate was cut to Hythe in 1931. When the line was finally closed in 1951, a second one was closed. The station was then renamed Sandling for Hythe .

Connections (as of December 2016)

The trains generally run outside of rush hour as follows:

Individual evidence

  1. Pullman Cars as Camping Coaches . In: Railway Magazine . 107, No. 711, July 1960, pp. 449-450.
  2. National Rail timetable 207

Web links

Commons : Bahnhof Sandling  - Collection of images

Lines
Vest hanger Regional South Eastern Main Line
Southeastern
Folkestone West