 It was not as a result of hostility from the SECR, since they built a signal box at the site of the proposed junction.There was initially a branch from Eythorne to Tilmanstone Colliery, which was then extended to re-join the main line north of Elvington at some stage (apparently illicitly, as the extension is not listed as authorised).The northern junction had a loop, but this and the junction was removed by 1926, leaving the line north of the colliery as a siding.