Category Archives: Railways
Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Railway Line – Part II
Part 1 of the story of Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Light Railway Company (Light Railway Company), describes its formation in 1909 and was owned by: Sir William Crundall – Chairman of Dover Harbour Board; Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st … Continue reading
Posted in Dover St Margaret's and Martin Mill Railway Line - Part II, Dover St Margaret's and Martin Mill Railway Line - Part II, Dover St Margaret's and Martin Mill Railway Line - Part II, Dover St Margaret's and Martin Mill Railway Line - Part II, Kent Coal Field, Langdon, Railways, World War II
Comments Off on Dover, St Margaret’s and Martin Mill Railway Line – Part II
Train Ferry Dock and Train Ferries
Like many other local historians in Dover, I feel strongly that there should a special place set aside to show aspects of Dover’s sea-going history. This facility, if I had my way, would include a section on the Train Ferry … Continue reading
Posted in Port and Transport, Train Ferry Dock and Train Ferries, Train Ferry Dock and Train Ferries
Comments Off on Train Ferry Dock and Train Ferries
Harbour Station
Dover’s first railway station, Town Station, opened on 6 February 1844 by the South Eastern Railway Company (SER) in the Pier District. In February and March 1845 the Mayor, William Clarke, convened well attended public meetings for a railway line … Continue reading
Posted in Harbour Station, Port and Transport
Comments Off on Harbour Station
Southern Railway
On 19 August 1921, the Railways Act received Royal Assent that proscribed all the railway companies, which were in private hands, to merge into four ‘Groups’. One of these was the Southern Railway Company and was made up of railway … Continue reading
Posted in Port and Transport, Railways, Southern Railway
Comments Off on Southern Railway
The Dover Historian 