Paddock Wood Sidings

In 1844 the medway valley line was built though which connected up maidstone and a few surrounding villages with paddock wood the station would have grown in importance as a result.

Paddock wood sidings.

Looking in the direction of paddock wood towards churn lane and the keepers cottage from the siding itself. Looking down churn lane one bright evening. Pattenden siding was located between goudhurst and cranbrook stations just after milepost 42 and thus 7 miles 20 chains 7 25 mi. The siding was located on the down side of the line.

This was opened in 1995 with a new down slow line to handle mail and parcels traffic for the nearby royal mail sorting office. If i remember correctly the dover bound train of empty ferry wagons from the whirlpool distribution depot had been left standing across the points at the maidstone end of the sidings when the shunting loco reversed out of another siding and the inevitable. Was accessed by a trailing connection in the down direction towards hawkhurst. Wood siding needs more maintenance than less expensive low maintenance vinyl siding but with proper care it will outlast vinyl siding which can fade and crack over time.

The siding was located on the down side of the line. Further down the line towards paddock wood there is the now disused tonbridge postal siding. New sidings were laid beside the station and these made a connection with the curving medway valley line the latter of which they ran parallel for their entire length. Was accessed by a trailing connection in the down direction towards hawkhurst.

Another one of life s little mishaps is captured in keylands sidings at paddock wood. Books show diagams of the station with numerous sidings for goods traffic all of which have now dissapeared on the up side at least. Paddock wood railway station is on the south eastern main line and medway valley line in south east england serving the town of paddock wood kent the station also serves the villages of matfield brenchley and horsmonden which have do not have stations of their own it is 34 miles 67 chains 56 1 km down the line from london charing cross the station and all trains calling there are. Its use was short lived owing to the loss of most mail traffic to road haulage.

7z08 05 05 wylde green to washwood heath r m c. 6z08 05 00 cogan to canton sidings 6j07 05 05 winchester to woking up yard recp. The railway once crossed the road diagonally from the opening in the hedge on the right hand side to further down the road near to the house on the left. Your paddockwood sk contractor might also suggest fiber cement siding which is fire resistant and termite proof and can come with a warranty of up to 50 years.

6j56 05 08 woodgrange park to upminster tamper siding. By david morgan. Pattenden siding was located between goudhurst and cranbrook stations just after milepost 42 and thus 7 miles 20 chains 11 67 km from paddock wood.