Plans have been proposed to restore the Lydd Railway Station after it was hit by a fire, reports Kent Live.
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Kent Live writes:
…The roof of the nearly 150-year-old station was destroyed as the fire ripped through the building in November…
Lydd Station Heritage Group, which before the fire had been hoping to get the station building listed, wants to see it rise phoenix like from the ashes…
The group… has brought together more than 400 people who share the vision. The station opened on December 7 in 1881 and served passengers right up until the late 1960s, when its main use was shifted….
In one of the furthest points west of the county, Lydd station is in Romney Marsh and its single track has remained in place more than 50 years after its closure. The track was built by the Lydd Railway Company and run by South Eastern Railway.
It was originally named Lydd, but was renamed Lydd Town in the late 1930s after the opening of Lydd-on-Sea Halt. The station closed to passengers in 1967, thought general freight still used it. But by October 1971, the line closed…
