Dunton Green Station Gallery 5: Last Day - April 2014 green2.jpg) The bridge carrying London Road across the abandoned Westerham branch a few chains beyond Dunton Green station is seen here in April 1974. As on the branch generally, structures were built to accommodate double-track should this have been required, but the furthest arch was never to be used and the single track ran through the arch on the right. This view is looking towards Westerham. Today the cutting is infilled and housing now stands on the west side of London Road, and the yard of a primary school now covers the site of the cutting on the east side; however, the arch itself has been kept open as a subway for pupils at the school. From the far side of the school the track can be walked as far as Chevening Halt.
Photo by Nick Catford green3.jpg) Dunton Green station, or what remained of it, in January 1981. This view is looking north towards Knockholt and London. The site of the Westerham branch platform is out of view to the left. What remained of the original buildings can be seen on the left while in the far distance the bridge carrying what is today the M26 over the railway can be seen. Little more than a link road, the M26 connects the M25 with the M20 and was originally planned as part of the M25. The station footbridge is no longer a 'covered way'. The term, in respect of Dunton Green, actually came from the one-time provision of an extension of the up platform canopy which met the roof of the footbridge which also covered the stairs. Dunton Green did not originally have a footbridge but was provided with one when the Westerham branch opened. This first bridge was replaced with a similar bridge during the improvements made to the station during the first decade of the twentieth century. The footbridge was second hand however, having originally been at Grove Park. As of January 2016 - and since the mid 1990s - Dunton Green station is little more than an unstaffed halt with passengers required to obtain a 'Permit to Travel' from machines on the platforms. This system, which involves prepayment of some or all of the fare before boarding a train, can be confusing for those not used to it. More details can be read here.
Photo by Alan Young green5.jpg) Looking south towards the site of the Westerham branch at Dunton Green in September 1981. The photographer is standing on the spot where the points at the north end of the run-round loop would have been located. Why the area has been fenced off is not known but may have been in connection with the land having been sold and the cutting just west of Dunton Green infilled. The footbridge and part of the main line platforms can be seen far left while to the left of the gate is a remaining section of the Westerham branch platform. The curved top of the subway stairs can just be made out in the distance; this was level with the south end of the branch platform.
Photo by Keith Mitchell green4.jpg) The site of the Westerham branch platform in September 1981. The building is on the up platform and by this time one of its two chimneys had vanished entirely while the other has had its stack cut down. The station approach road comes in from the right, beyond the gate. The brick wall and structure with corrugated iron roof surrounds the steps down to the pedestrian subway which passed beneath the Westerham branch platform and tracks and led to a footpath to London Road. This avoided a long walk to the station along Station Road and the long approach road. Behind the Series IIA Land Rover one of Dunton Green's Corporate Identity BR black and white nameboards is seen.
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green6.jpg) Looking south-west along the course of the Westerham branch towards London Road in September 1981. Dunton Green station is behind the photographer.
Photo by Keith Mitchell green7.jpg) Looking north-east towards Dunton Green station in September 1981. Visible is the building on the up main platform and, in front of it, the roof over the subway steps. The clutter of other buildings have now gone; in front of the subway a store and a lamp room once stood while, to the left of the subway, there was a coal store located at the end of the branch platform.
Photo by Keith Mitchell green24.jpg) Looking north-east along the site of the Westerham branch platform towards the junction with the main line in April 2014. The footbridge is to the right.
Photo by Nick Catford green9.jpg) Looking west from the north end of the up main line platform across the degraded remains of the branch platform and, at a slightly lower level, the site of the track and run-round loop in April 2014.
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green19.jpg) The covered stairway down to the subway under the embankment in April 2014. The gardens of the houses seen on the left cover the trackbed towards Westerham for 400yd. The trees are on the course of the branch.
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green22.jpg) The east end of the subway under the embankment in April 2014. The footpath to London Road is behind the photographer.
Photo by Nick Catford green11.jpg) Dunton Green station looking south from the footbridge in April 2014. The main station building was where the bus shelter is now seen on the up platform on the right. The houses on the right are part of an estate called 'The Sidings'. It was built on the site of the Dunton Green goods yard in 2005.
Photo by Nick Catford green12.jpg) Dunton Green station looking north from the footbridge in April 2014. The trees on the left are on the site of the branch platform.
Photo by Nick Catford green17.jpg) The site of the Dunton Green station building in April 2014. The building survived until the mid1990s; by this time is was boarded up and had been out of use for some years. The trees are on the course of the Westerham branch.
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