Station Name: ALLHALLOWS-ON-SEA

[Source: Nick Catford]


Allhallows-on-Sea Station Gallery 3: December 1961 - 2005


Allhallows-on-Sea station on 2 December 1961, the penultimate day of public service.
Photo by John M Cramp from 30937 Transport Photograph Database

The last passenger train, hauled by C Class 0-6-0 No.31689 and formed of seven coaches, left Allhallows station at 8.38pm on Sunday 3 December 1961. This loco was built for the SECR in 1900 to a design by Harry Wainwright. They were intended for freight duties, although occasionally used for passenger trains. They operated over the lines of the railway in London and south-east England until the early 1960s. No.31689 lasted until 31 March 1962 when it was withdrawn from Bricklayers Arms shed to be cut up at Ashford works the following month.
Photo from Jim Lake collection

Allhallows-on-Sea station in 1962, a year after closure.
Photo by Terry Tracey

Allhallows station in October 1965. Little has changed since closure apart from the growth of weeds which have now taken over the platform and track.
Photo by Chris Jenner

The glass running-in board was still intact at Allhallows in 1967; the Kingsmead caravan park has now taken over all of the goods yard.
Photo by Terry Tracey

The signal box at Allhallows station in 1967.
Photo by Terry Tracey

Looking south along the Allhallows station platform in July 1974. The roof is made
of corrugated asbestos.
Photo by Phil Mackie

All that remains of Allhallows station in September 1975 is the north end of the platform with the station buildings and a short section of the extension to the canopy.
Photo by Nick Catford

The truncated platform at Allhallows station in January 1976.
Photo by Nick Catford

Allhallows station is seen in January 1976, shortly before the buildings were demolished. After closure in 1961 the building was used as a bakery for a while. The signal box is now little more than a shell.
Photo by Nick Catford

In April 2005 caravans stand on a raised area of ground which is all that remains of the Allhallows platform. This view is taken from a similar viewpoint to the 1976 picture above. The ‘British Pilot’ pub is seen in the background of both pictures.
Photo by Nick Catford

Apart from the degraded north end of the platform, which only the most observant passer-by might notice, the only real evidence that there was once a station at Allhallows is the pillar water tank that once stood at the end of the platform and now stands amongst holiday homes. The tank is assumed to be in its original position, and the aerial photograph shows it to be close to the end of the demolished platform. The water tank has been preserved and restored.
Photo by Peter Hatton - General Manager Kingsmead Park



 

 

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


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