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The '''Cinque Ports Light Railway''' was a scheme to build an [[electric tramway]] from [[Ramsgate]] to [[Hastings]] via [[Dover]].

==History==
In the 1880s the [[South Eastern Railway, UK|South Eastern Railway]] appointed Sir Alexander Rose Stenning, a commercial architect<ref>((Cite web
|url=http://archiseek.com/2009/1875-thames-steam-ferry-company-warehouses-london/|title=1875 - Thames Steam-Ferry Company Warehouses, London - Architecture of London - Archiseek - Irish Architecture|date=2009-10-22|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-10
))</ref><ref name="TTT">((cite journal|journal=The Tenterden Terrier - Journal of the Tenterden Railway Company|volume=5|number=58|date=Summer 1992|title=Rails to Sandwich Bay: The Sandwich Steam Tramway and the Guildford Tramway|pages=25–31))</ref> who later became president of the [[Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors]], to examine various development opportunities for the railway.  These included proposals for the [[Cinque Port]]'s Light Railway. It is likely that, had it been built, the gauge would have been ((TrackGauge|3ft6in)), allowing it to run through the [[Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company|Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways]] and [[Dover Corporation Tramways]].

In 1871, a proposal to run a tramway between Dover and Ramsgate was refused by the [[Board of Trade]]. A similar proposal in 1872, to operate between Dover and Margate, was given official go-ahead but failed to raise sufficient finance.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://home.btconnect.com/margatemuseum/Factsheet%20%234%20Tramway.pdf|title=History of Thanet Tramways|last=|first=|date=|website=Margate Museum Factsheet|publisher=Thanet District Council - Thanet Tourism|access-date=))</ref>

Subsequently, a proposed order was made by the Light Railway Commissioners under the [[Light Railways Act 1896|1896 Light Railways Act]] in 1899 for ((convert|67.25|mi)) of track, marking this scheme as the most ambitious light rail proposal at the time.<ref name="TTR">((cite journal|title=The Tramway Review|journal=The Tramway Review|volume=23|page=203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=41pUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cinque+Ports+Light+Railway%22&dq=%22Cinque+Ports+Light+Railway%22|date=1999))</ref> The scheme had developed sufficiently by 1899 that a Mr. Parker had been appointed as resident engineer <ref>((Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/98c564cb-d42f-4cec-842f-6f259fa121da|title=National Archives - Hasting Council - Notes of Statement and Objections|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=))</ref> and plans were presented to Hastings Borough Council in November 1899.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.giddykipper.biz/Hastings-Chronicle-Archive/cinque-ports-railway/|title=Cinque Ports Railway ((!)) Hastings Chronicle Archives|website=www.giddykipper.biz|access-date=2016-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821102319/http://www.giddykipper.biz/Hastings-Chronicle-Archive/cinque-ports-railway/|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> The scheme floundered because of opposition from the people of Dover.<ref name="TTR" />

A.R. Stenning was also the surveyor for the [[Guilford Tramway]], and it is possible that the intention was to incorporate that tramway into the overall route of the Cinque Ports Light Railway as the [[Guilford Tramway]] was built to this gauge.

== See also ==
* [[Cinque ports]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://home.btconnect.com/margatemuseum/Factsheet%20%234%20Tramway.pdf Margate Museum Factsheet: The Isle of Thanet Tramway System 1901–1937]

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[[Category:3 ft 6 in gauge railways in England]]
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