Daeth y syniad gwreiddiol i adeiladu **Rheilffordd Ysgafn Dwyrain Caint** ym 1909, i greu rhwydwaith o reilffyrdd rhwng o leiaf 9 glofa i borthladd newydd Porth Richborough. Caewyd mwyafrif y glofeydd heb ddechrau darparu glo – goroesodd dim ond 1 ohonynt - , ond roedd Richborough Port yn fethiant.

| Rheilfford Ysgafn Dwyrain Caint |
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 |  *Lein arfordir Caint i Ramsgate*  |
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|  |  | Straight track |  | Unknown BSicon "exABZg+l" | Unknown BSicon "exHSTq" |  |

 |  Porth Richborough - adeiladwyd ond heb ei hagor  |
|  *Afon Stour*  | 

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 |  *Lein arfordir Caint i Dover*  |
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 |  Ffordd Sandwich  |
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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTRl" | Unknown BSicon "exSTR+r" |  |  |  |  |

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 |  Ffordd Rufeinig  |
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 |  Poison Cross  |
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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR+l" | Unknown BSicon "exHSTq" | Unknown BSicon "exABZq+l" | Unknown BSicon "exABZg+r" |  |  |

 |  Woodnesborough  |
|  *Glofa Hammill*  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" | Unknown BSicon "exKBSTaq" | Unknown BSicon "exSTRr" | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  |

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|  Dref Ash  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  |

 |  Eastry  |
|  Staple  | 

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| Unknown BSicon "exWPump" | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  |

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  |

 |  De Eastry  |
|  Gorsaf reilffordd Glofa Wingham  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  |

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  |

 |  Knowlton  |
|  Dref Wingham  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  |

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exHST" |  |  |

 |  Arhosfa Glofa Tilmanstone  |
|  Wingham (Ffordd Caegaint)  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "exKHSTe" |  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR+l" | Unknown BSicon "exSTRr" |  |  |

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|  |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exSTR" | Unknown BSicon "exKBSTa" |  |  |

 |  *Glofa Tilmanstone*  |
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|  |  |  | Unknown BSicon "exABZg+l" | Unknown BSicon "exSTRr" |  |  |

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|  |  |  | Unknown BSicon "KHSTxa" |  |  |  |

 |  Eythorne  |
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|  |  |  | Unknown BSicon "eABZgl" | Unknown BSicon "exSTR+r" |  |  |

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|  *Prif lein Chatham*  | 

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|  |  |  | Straight track | Unknown BSicon "exSTRl" | Unknown BSicon "exKBSTeq" |  |

 |  *Glofa Guilford*  |
|  *Prif lein Chatham i Gaergaint*  | 

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|  | Continuation backward |  | Straight track |  |  |  |

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|  | Straight track |  | Enter and exit tunnel |  |  |  |

 |  *Twnnel Golgotha (477 llath)*  |
|  Shepherds Well  | 

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|  | Unknown BSicon "eABZgl" | Unknown BSicon "ABZq+l" | One way rightward |  |  |  |

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|  Gorsaf reilffordd Network Rail Shepherds Well  | 

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|  | Stop on track | End stop |  |  |  |  |

 |  Gorsaf reilffordd Shepherdswell (Dwyrain Caint)  |
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|  | Straight track |  |  |  |  |  |

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 |  *Prif lein Chatham i Dover*  |

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Hanes y rheilffordd wreiddiol
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Roedd Cyrnol Holman Fred Stephens peirianydd y lein o'r dechrau, ac yn hwyrach cyfarwyddwr a rheolwr hyd at ei farwolaeth ym 1931. Agorwyd y lein o Shepherdswell i Richborough Port ym 1911, a gweddill y lein yn raddol ar ôl hynny. Dechreuodd gwasanaeth i deithwyr, rhwng Shepherdswell a Wingham ar 16 Hydref 1916. Agorwyd estyniad byr i Wingham Town ym 1920 a wedyn i Wingham (Ffordd Canterbury) ym 1925. Adeiladwyd cangen o Eastby i Ffordd Sandwich, ac oedd gwasanaeth i deithwyr o 13 Ebrill 1925 hyd at 31 Hydref 1928.

Ym 1926, buddsododd y Rheilffordd Ddeheuol £44,000 ond doedd yno ddim diddordeb pellach gan y cwmni. Roedd trenau glo o Lofa Timanstone yr unig draffig buddiol ar y rheilffordd. Bu farw Stephens ym 1931, a chymerodd W H Austen drosodd. Yn ystod yr Ail Ryfel Byd gosododd 3 gwn ar y lein rhwng 1940-42. Parhaodd gwasanaeth i deithwyr hyd at 30 Hydref 1948, a threnau nwyddau rhwng Eastry a Port Richborough hyd at 27 Hydref 1949.

Atgyfodiad
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Ffurfiwyd Cymdeithas Rheilffordd Dwyrain Caint yn Nhachwedd 1985. Dechreuodd gwaith adfer ym 1989, ac adeiladwyd copi yr orsaf wreiddiol yn Shepherdswell. Pasiwyd Gorchymyn Rheilffordd Ysgafn ym 1993, yn caniatáu trenau rhwng Shepherdswell ac Eythorne.

Cyfeiriadau
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1. 1 2  Tudalen Rheilffordd Ysgafn Dwyrain Caint ar wefan Cyrnol Stephens
2. ↑  "Tudalen hanes ar wefan y rheilffordd dreftadaeth". Archifwyd o'r gwreiddiol ar 2016-03-04. Cyrchwyd 2015-10-27.

Dolen allanol
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* Gwefan y reilffordd dreftadaeth