Talk:Maidstone West railway station

Tovil Station
Personally i hadn't herd of it, until i was looking around this map at Kent rail.co.uk (also this map  shows it too, i knew there was an old freight branch around that area.....

As to weather this is a good method to show it, I'm not to sure either, it's nicer if there is an old branch line, but I'm not sure about old stations closed along an active line.... Pickle 01:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi Pickle, There is only one L in Tovil. I should know - I lived there for about 15 years, although long after the station closed. Tovil served a number of Paper Mills in the area.  I believe there was once a bridge carrying some sidings across the Medway, but I'm not sure of the details.


 * Another on-line map you may find useful is at http://www.systemed.plus.com/New_Adlestrop_Railway_Atlas.pdf


 * Regards, Lynbarn 12:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Spelling is not my stongpoints, I'm typo central!
 * I've also downloaded the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas, but i didn't have the link to hand.
 * ;) Pickle 18:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * There are a couple of sentences in Geoffrey Body's Southern Region gazetteer; I've paraphrased the info, in particular the closure dates. (No opening date is reported ... d'oh!)  Hassocks5489 14:41, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Tahnks ;) Pickle 17:43, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There were two stations at Tovil. Tovil (passenger) station was on the line between Maidstone West and East Farleigh. A footbridge over the railway marks the spot. The line to Tovil Goods station was a separate affair, never having served passengers despite being much more convenient for Tovil itself. The site of the station is today occupied by the Netto supermarket. I can remember the line being worked by Class 08/09 shunters on account of the bridge being deemed unsafe for anything heavier. This line was the only part built of the Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Light Railway. Mjroots 20:36, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I've dug my old maps out, and added details to the main page with grid refs, showing the locations of the two stations. This aerial photo shows the locations clearly [], The footbridge over the railway line showing the site of the passenger station. The goods line crossed the Medway just before this (footbridge visible) and curved to the area covered by the grey roofed building that gets wider nearer the road. Mjroots 21:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Another view showing the branch and site of Tovil station can be found here - select "Local history" from the left hand menu, then click on "One wealthy widow, 600 working men" - the picture is towards the bottom of the article. Mjroots (talk) 21:39, 27 January 2008 (UTC)