EKR - East Kent Railway The White Cliffs Colliery Line. The East Kent Railway was constructed between 1911 and 1917 to serve the growing number of coal mines that were being sunk in the East Kent area. The consortium of mine and land owners envisaged a line that would link the collieries with the main line and a new port at Richborough. In fact, although Richborough became an important port during World War 1, the line did not cross the River Stour until after the war, by which time the port was in decline. Branch lines to Canterbury, Deal and Birchington were planned but never completed. The railway today runs from Shepherdswell to Eythorne, a four mile round trip. Railroads of United Kingdom

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