I marked it "Like"out of respect for you all taking the time to record the passing of these stations though sad to see them gone, I lived in Ash in the '50 s had heard of the line but never seen Ash Town station, thanks
I remember Ahallows Station we use to travel by a glorious steam engine /carriages, from Gravesend Station happy days, if only they knew what we had, they threw it all away, and for what?
Always sad for me to see any rail lines closed, as I was a signalman on B R back in the 60's to early 70's..........Crystal Palace.....Hayes (Kent)..... Leigham Junction (between West Norwood/Tulse Hill/Streatham Hill). Ended my days as a Signalman at Twickenham West Junction. Modernisation of the Signalling in the area, and elsewhere in the Southern region meant many of the old Signal Boxes being redundant + the Signalmen. I believe the plan now (nearly at completion) is for around 12? signalling centres, controlling most of the UK Railways.
I got to 20 seconds and stopped.The grim reaper piano music is probably not what Spielberg would have added to this.But as they say, not everyone is Spielberg.You take care and have a really nice day!
@@retrogamelover2012 Folkestone Harbour wouldn't be viable as a heritage line: it was the terminus of a three-quarter-mile branch from the site of the former Folkestone East station. Although that station no longer exists, the line it was on is the main line from Folkestone to Dover. So any heritage line would only be able to run for about two-thirds of a mile from Folkestone Harbour, stop short of the main line, turn around and come back again -- who'd pay for that? You'd also have to factor in the huge maintenance costs of the bridge over Folkestone harbour, and the inconvenience of a level crossing with a main road.
Brilliant video but too many errors with place names. Biddenden (not on KESR, and never was), Cliffe, East Minster, Eastchurch, Folkestone, wrong 4 times), Horsmonden, and Headcorn was never closed, just a side platform. Very busy station today between Tonbridge and Ashford.
Chopin ~ Funeral March. The amount of infrastructure discarded in just a few years is mind boggling. Just walking one abandoned line reveals massive earthworks (embankments and cuttings) and soil transfer to allow shallow gradients for steam locos even through hilly country , stations, bridges (over and under the track), viaducts, crossing points to allow livestock to pass into fields on either side, tunnels through hills (some miles long). All done with cheap labour, picks and shovels in the early days, through inhospitable countryside in all weathers.
Wonderfully evocative, thank you! Much of your material is from the Kent and East Sussex Railway and at least much of this has been restored and re-opened, albeit further south from Tenterton.
Allhallows on Sea: closed 1961 Ash Town: closed 1948 Biddenden (not "Biddendham" as the video says): closed 1954 Brasted: closed 1961 Brookland Halt: closed 1967 Chevening Halt: closed 1961 Cliffe (not "Cliff"): closed 1961 Cranbrook: closed 1961 Dover Harbour: closed 1927 Dungeness: closed 1937 East Minster (not "Minister"): closed 1950 Eastchurch (not "East Church"): closed 1950 Elham: closed 1940 when the line was taken over by the military Folkestone (not "Folkstone") East: closed 1965 Folkestone Harbour: closed 2001 because the Channel Tunnel killed the ferry traffic the station relied on. Folkestone Warren Halt: closed 1939 Frittenden Road: closed 1954 Goudhurst: closed 1961 Grain Crossing Halt: closed 1951, replaced by Grain station, closed 1961 (not mentioned in the video) Gravesend West: closed 1953 Greatstone Dunes: closed 1983 (and not even a BR station) Greatstone-on-Sea Halt: closed 1967 Harty Road Halt: closed 1950 Hawkhurst: closed 1961 Headcorn: never closed; the branchline platforms closed in 1954 but the mainline platforms are still in use today High Halden Road: closed 1954 High Halstow Halt: closed 1961 Horsmonden (not "Horsemonden"): closed 1961 Hythe: closed 1951 Knowlton: closed 1948 So, of the thirty closures mentioned in the video, one (Headcord) never even happened and one wasn't a BR station (Greatstone Dunes was on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway). Beeching was responsible for three of the remaining 28, and one of those (Folkestone East) was, at the time, within two miles of at least three other railway stations.
I think that the Headcorn Station that was being referred to, is Headcorn Junction, where the line travelled from Headcorn Junction to Robertsbridge Junction
@@jeremyslaney5644 Yes, but Headcorn Junction wasn't actually a separate station. It was just the branchline platform of Headcorn station. That platform closed in 1954 but the other two platforms are still open to this day.
You obviously don't regard the work as highly as I do. It's really good quality and content, marred only by the spellchecker messing up the titles. As for your comment........
The best way would be to put all the freight back on the trains where it used to be and to open all the branch lines. You can get masses of freight on one train and take hundreds of juggernauts off the roads. Then the freight could be collected from the local railheads like it used to be before BEECHING dessimated the railways. He had no idea about the railways and just slashed and burned just to save money without any thought of the breakdown of infrastructure. If they had kept the railways open and upgraded the trains and the rolling stock we would now have one of the best rail networks in the world.
Of the thirty stations listed in this video, one never even closed (the branch platforms at Headcorn were closed, but the mainline platforms remain open to this day) and one wasn't a BR station (Greatstone Dunes on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway). Beeching was responsible for closing three of the remaining 28, and one of those was Folkestone East, which was within two miles of at least three other railway stations. So, really, Beeching had almost nothing to do with this video.
I marked it "Like"out of respect for you all taking the time to record the passing of these stations though sad to see them gone, I lived in Ash in the '50 s had heard of the line but never seen Ash Town station, thanks
I'm from Pakistan and I'm a Railway lover and this video makes me sad, nice video 👍❤
A station without tracks is like a boat marooned on a dry sea.
If you had a public vote on the most loathed person in England I reckon Mr Breeching would finish quite high!
Despite the fact that he only closed three of the thirty stations mentioned in this video...
Also Edwards, thatchers coal mine executioner.
There's something creepy but really fascinating about these old disused railway stations.
Good video , very interesting locations .
I'm in tears it's so sad to see this kind of stuff :(
Tom Bayne same feelings bro for this video
H L K Travels sort ur life out u mug
I remember Ahallows Station we use to travel by a glorious steam engine /carriages, from Gravesend Station happy days, if only they knew what we had, they threw it all away, and for what?
This video makes me feel very sad.
Always sad for me to see any rail lines closed, as I was a signalman on B R back in the 60's to early 70's..........Crystal Palace.....Hayes (Kent)..... Leigham Junction (between West Norwood/Tulse Hill/Streatham Hill). Ended my days as a Signalman at Twickenham West Junction. Modernisation of the Signalling in the area, and elsewhere in the Southern region meant many of the old Signal Boxes being redundant + the Signalmen.
I believe the plan now (nearly at completion) is for around 12? signalling centres, controlling most of the UK Railways.
Very interesting video. Thanks.
That's sad to see I love trains
Me too😭
Magnificent, thank-you!
Folkstone bridge is now a pavement with the tracks remaining
Beautifully sad
I got to 20 seconds and stopped.The grim reaper piano music is probably not what Spielberg would have added to this.But as they say, not everyone is Spielberg.You take care and have a really nice day!
This is so sad they need to reopen these for tourist attractions old is beautiful
Some of these could still be reinstated very wrong put the freight on the rails better for the environment
I'm sure Folkstone Harbour could be renovated and preserved. Even if it was as a small, heritage line, of sorts.
@@retrogamelover2012 Folkestone Harbour wouldn't be viable as a heritage line: it was the terminus of a three-quarter-mile branch from the site of the former Folkestone East station. Although that station no longer exists, the line it was on is the main line from Folkestone to Dover. So any heritage line would only be able to run for about two-thirds of a mile from Folkestone Harbour, stop short of the main line, turn around and come back again -- who'd pay for that? You'd also have to factor in the huge maintenance costs of the bridge over Folkestone harbour, and the inconvenience of a level crossing with a main road.
For those of us who hate these “perilous times”, this is like a horror film.
Brilliant video but too many errors with place names. Biddenden (not on KESR, and never was), Cliffe, East Minster, Eastchurch, Folkestone, wrong 4 times), Horsmonden, and Headcorn was never closed, just a side platform. Very busy station today between Tonbridge and Ashford.
Dec. 2017---Thanks for the video.....LOTS of ideas for a 1/35th scale zombie/apocalypse diorama settings.
Lovely music, well chosen. All that human effort and high hopes now no longer relevant.
Yes
Chopin ~ Funeral March. The amount of infrastructure discarded in just a few years is mind boggling. Just walking one abandoned line reveals massive earthworks (embankments and cuttings) and soil transfer to allow shallow gradients for steam locos even through hilly country , stations, bridges (over and under the track), viaducts, crossing points to allow livestock to pass into fields on either side, tunnels through hills (some miles long). All done with cheap labour, picks and shovels in the early days, through inhospitable countryside in all weathers.
Folkestone harbour station, has since been renovated since video was made.
Wonderfully evocative, thank you! Much of your material is from the Kent and East Sussex Railway and at least much of this has been restored and re-opened, albeit further south from Tenterton.
Vandals don't always wear hoodies, some of the worst vandals wear tailored suits.
Good point.
Nature has taken over!
Plysdyret1 QAQ
I particularly am fond of the New Romney branch and the Rye Harbour Branch.
Are the material shown available in a book?
How did you manage to misspell the very first word in the title? Disuesd? And this has been up since 2017? Wow.
Great video
Iam from india and i love rail ways but i dont think this thought in my mind also in this word has clodesd railway stations also.😥😕
Beeching, the butcher of the railways.
Allhallows on Sea: closed 1961
Ash Town: closed 1948
Biddenden (not "Biddendham" as the video says): closed 1954
Brasted: closed 1961
Brookland Halt: closed 1967
Chevening Halt: closed 1961
Cliffe (not "Cliff"): closed 1961
Cranbrook: closed 1961
Dover Harbour: closed 1927
Dungeness: closed 1937
East Minster (not "Minister"): closed 1950
Eastchurch (not "East Church"): closed 1950
Elham: closed 1940 when the line was taken over by the military
Folkestone (not "Folkstone") East: closed 1965
Folkestone Harbour: closed 2001 because the Channel Tunnel killed the ferry traffic the station relied on.
Folkestone Warren Halt: closed 1939
Frittenden Road: closed 1954
Goudhurst: closed 1961
Grain Crossing Halt: closed 1951, replaced by Grain station, closed 1961 (not mentioned in the video)
Gravesend West: closed 1953
Greatstone Dunes: closed 1983 (and not even a BR station)
Greatstone-on-Sea Halt: closed 1967
Harty Road Halt: closed 1950
Hawkhurst: closed 1961
Headcorn: never closed; the branchline platforms closed in 1954 but the mainline platforms are still in use today
High Halden Road: closed 1954
High Halstow Halt: closed 1961
Horsmonden (not "Horsemonden"): closed 1961
Hythe: closed 1951
Knowlton: closed 1948
So, of the thirty closures mentioned in the video, one (Headcord) never even happened and one wasn't a BR station (Greatstone Dunes was on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway). Beeching was responsible for three of the remaining 28, and one of those (Folkestone East) was, at the time, within two miles of at least three other railway stations.
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@@beeble2003 Big brain knowledge.
Thank you.
go out & SAVE the railway stations, tracks & buildings!
Sad reality.😕😔😢
Why were these Railway lines abandoned. Had the people migrated to other places?
Modes of transport come and go or simply decline. Happened to canals, stagecoaches and mail coaches once railways had taken hold.
nice recollection mate! could you please tell me the name of the music track did you play in the background?
Udayan Paul:... I'm pretty sure it's the funeral March!
+Michael Rawson very well! many thanks; mate!
F. Chopin - Sonata #2 in B-flat minor. 3rd movement - Marcia Funebre
@@michaelrawson6261 Saying that "it's the funeral march" is like saying "it's the pop song."
Oh how I’d love to restore Goudhurst Station to live in. I’d even plant some ivy where it used to be. The waiting room could be a cafe.
Me too. But at least it didn't get knocked down.
the greatest crime in Britain after 1945......the destruction of the rail system.....
Saddening.
Headcorn station is still there. Between Staplehurst and Pluckley on the Ashford to London mainline. Unless this was the original one.
I think that the Headcorn Station that was being referred to, is Headcorn Junction, where the line travelled from Headcorn Junction to Robertsbridge Junction
@@jeremyslaney5644 Yes, but Headcorn Junction wasn't actually a separate station. It was just the branchline platform of Headcorn station. That platform closed in 1954 but the other two platforms are still open to this day.
Please get the opening titles right! And check the spelling of Folkestone - these niggles detract from a very interesting set of images...
John Stedman cheers John I love predictably text but must stop using it
You obviously don't regard the work as highly as I do. It's really good quality and content, marred only by the spellchecker messing up the titles. As for your comment........
descovery chanel ???
STANDARDS must PREVAIL
Good photo
Platform ticket
Restless diesles
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"Disuesd"??? "Disued"???
About a third of the station names are misspelled, too...
The best way to relieve road congestion is to close all railways and make into roads
kentcyclist then you get more congestion as the car population gets bigger!!
kentcyclist: Ridiculous notion...
The best way would be to put all the freight back on the trains where it used to be and to open all the branch lines. You can get masses of freight on one train and take hundreds of juggernauts off the roads. Then the freight could be collected from the local railheads like it used to be before BEECHING dessimated the railways. He had no idea about the railways and just slashed and burned just to save money without any thought of the breakdown of infrastructure. If they had kept the railways open and upgraded the trains and the rolling stock we would now have one of the best rail networks in the world.
Bloody Dr Beeching!!!!
Of the thirty stations listed in this video, one never even closed (the branch platforms at Headcorn were closed, but the mainline platforms remain open to this day) and one wasn't a BR station (Greatstone Dunes on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch miniature railway). Beeching was responsible for closing three of the remaining 28, and one of those was Folkestone East, which was within two miles of at least three other railway stations. So, really, Beeching had almost nothing to do with this video.
It 2019 it look better at forkstone harbour today
Learn to spell.
Good photo