 operated by Mr. Spry, with signal box 'huts' at The Strand, Abbotsham Road and Appledore.The company had around twenty-one staff, seven of whom served as gatemen at the level crossings (Clamp).In Irsha Street, Appledore, there was in 1965 a public house called 'The Rising Sun' and beforehand it had been the residence of Mr. H R Moody, the station master at Appledore.