Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
Date: September 2024
Public or abandoned - Public.
While doing the Wheels of Time trail with my daughter, we discovered a location on the WOF map. I noticed that it had its last open day of the year on September 29th, so we decided to visit. It was only 30 minutes away from Sittingbourne, and to my surprise, it turned out to be a little hidden gem. The return ticket from station to station was also very affordable. My favourite part was riding along the train on the track.
According to the information, the line was originally developed as an industrial railway in 1904 to transport goods from Ridham Docks to the paper mill in Sittingbourne, and later to a second mill in Kemsley in 1920. In 2010, the mill was demolished, and a Morrison's supermarket and skate park were built on the site of the old mill. The railway line reopened in 2012.
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