Horsmonden is a closed railway station on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England.

Background

The station was opened on 1 October 1892, when the line was opened from to Hope Mill, for Goudhurst & Lamberhurst. The station was equipped with a single 300 ft platform on the up side, together with a loop serving a fruit packing warehouse. To the rear of the station are the stationmaster's house, a three-storey building with dormer windows, and a goods yard. The village of Horsmonden lies a short distance to the west of the station.

Horsmonden railway station

The station was closed with the line on 12 June 1961. The station is now used as a garage called "Old Station Garage" and the stationmaster's house is a private residence.

Horsmonden railway station

Footnotes

References

External links

Horsmonden railway station at Disused-Stations.org.uk

Website of "Old Station Garage" with photos of the station

Horsmonden station on navigable 1940 O. S. map

Signal diagram, 1923

Disused railway stations in Kent

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892

Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961

Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations

Horsmonden railway station