- Chatham Central railway station
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Chatham Central Location Place Chatham Area Kent Operations Original company South Eastern Railway[1] Pre-grouping South Eastern and Chatham Railway Platforms 1[2] History 1 Mar 1892 Opened[1] 1 Oct 1911 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZChatham Central was the terminus of the Chatham Extension from Strood serving the towns of Chatham and Rochester.
The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway which merged with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. After the merger the SE & CR deemed that the Chatham Extension was an unnecessary duplication of the line and stations that it inherited from the LC & DR, and therefore the Extension and its stations, including Chatham Central, was closed in 1911.
Apart from the present railway bridge (part of Rochester Bridge), no trace of the station or the Chatham Extension is evident today. Houses on Doust Way have been built over the site of the station.[3]
Medway Towns LegendTo London Bridge To Victoria & Blackfriars To Maidstone / Strood Rochester Bridge / Strood (1st) Rochester Bridge River Medway Rochester Common Rochester Chatham Central Chatham Gillingham Rainham To Dover and Ramsgate Preceding station Disused railways Following station Rochester Common
Line and station closedSouth Eastern Railway
Chatham ExtensionTerminus References
- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- ^ Adrian Gray (1984). The London Chatham and Dover Railway. Meresborough Books. ISBN 0905270 886.
- ^ http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7602.15
Coordinates: 51°23′05.10″N 0°30′45.00″E / 51.38475°N 0.5125°E
Closed railway stations in Kent Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Elham Valley Railway Hawkhurst Branch Line Hundred of Hoo Railway Kent and East Sussex Railway Sheppey Light Railway Sheerness East · East Minster On Sea · Minster On Sea · Brambledown Halt · Eastchurch · Harty Road Halt · LeysdownEast Kent Light Railway Westerham Valley Branch Line Gravesend West Line Sandgate Branch Hythe · SandgateSouth Eastern Main Line Dover area Marshlink Line
Dungeness branchesRomney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway SER & LCDR merger remodelling Ashford (LCDR) · Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate) · Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate) · Margate Sands (SER Margate) · Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood) · Rochester Common (SER Rochester (SER) · Chatham Central (SER Chatham) · Strood (1st)Other lines Ashford to Margate via Canterbury West - Chislet Colliery Halt · Grove Ferry and Upstreet · Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt · St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay
Chatham Main Line: Stonehall and Lydden Halt
Maidstone East Line - Hothfield
Medway Valley Line - Teston Crossing Halt · Tovil
Sheerness Line - Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt · Queenborough Pier · Sheerness DockyardCategories:- Disused railway stations in Kent
- Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations
- Railway stations opened in 1892
- Railway stations closed in 1911
- Kent railway station stubs
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