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{{Short description|Former railway station in England}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Lydd-on-Sea Halt
| status              = Disused
| image               = File:Site of Lydd on Sea Station - geograph.org.uk - 449217.jpg
| caption             = The site in 2007, showing the former station forecourt road
| borough             = [[Lydd-on-Sea]], [[Folkestone & Hythe (District)|Folkestone & Hythe]]
| country             = England
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|TR084192|25|TR084192}}
| platforms           = 2 (1 from 1954)
| postgroup           = [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] <br /> [[Southern Region of British Railways]]
| years               = 4 July 1937
| events              = Opened (Lydd-on-Sea)
| years1              = 20 September 1954
| events1             = Renamed (Lydd-on-Sea Halt)
| years2              = 6 March 1967
| events2             = Closed<ref>Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, {{ISBN|1-85260-508-1}}, p. 151.</ref>
}}
'''Lydd-on-Sea Halt''' was a railway station which served the modern village of [[Lydd-on-Sea]] in [[Kent]], England. The station opened in 1937 and closed in 1967.
== History ==
Prompted by [[holiday camp]] development in the area, the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] decided in 1937 to realign its branch line to [[New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea railway station|New Romney]] (which had been opened in 1884) closer to the sea and to open two intermediate stations - Lydd-on-Sea and [[Greatstone-on-Sea Halt railway station|Greatstone-on-Sea]]. The opening of Lydd-on-Sea on 4 July 1937 coincided with the closure of [[Dungeness railway station (SER)|Dungeness station]] to passengers; it was intended that Lydd-on-Sea, ½-mile from Dungeness, would serve both locations and its [[running in board]] read "''Lydd-on-Sea (for Dungeness)''".<ref>{{cite book | last = Harding | first = Peter | title = The New Romney Branch Line | publisher = Peter A. Harding | year = 1983 | location = Woking, Surrey | pages =14 | isbn = 0-9523458-8-9 }}</ref>
To handle the expected flow of holiday traffic, the station was equipped with a long curved [[island platform]] with a [[passing loop]] on which was perched a small wooden shed.<ref name="subbrit">[http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/l/lydd_on_sea_halt/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica, "Lydd-on-Sea Halt".]</ref> The traffic never materialised and the station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt on 20 September 1954 when its passing loop was also lifted. As passenger traffic dwindled and freight became insignificant, the New Romney branch fell into decline and was listed for closure in the [[Beeching Report]]. In 1966 the [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]] [[Barbara Castle]] announced her intention of closing the [[Appledore (Kent) railway station|Appledore]] to New Romney Branch and passenger services ceased on 6 March 1967.<ref>{{cite book | last = Oppitz | first = Leslie | title = Lost Railways of Kent | publisher = Countryside Books | year = 2003 | location = Newbury, Berkshire | pages =82 | isbn = 978-1-85306-803-4 }}</ref>
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{Rail line |previous=[[Lydd Town railway station|Lydd Town]]<br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |next=[[Greatstone-on-Sea Halt railway station|Greatstone-on-Sea]]<br /><small>Line and station closed</small> |route=[[Southern Region of British Railways|BR Southern Region]]<br /><small>New Romney branch line</small> |col={{BR(S) colour}} }}
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== Present day ==
Although the trackbed from Romney Junction towards New Romney is easily traceable, nothing remains of Lydd-on-Sea Halt today except for a gated concrete approach road from Kerton Road . The island platform was demolished at some point after 1983.<ref name="subbrit"/>
== References ==
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in Kent]]
[[Category:Former Southern Railway (UK) stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1937]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1967]]
[[Category:Beeching closures in England]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1967 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:Lydd]]
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