Cliffe railway station

Cliffe
Location
Place	Cliffe
Area	Medway
Grid reference	TQ738748
Operations
Pre-grouping	South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1, later 2
History
1 April 1882	Opened
4 December 1961	Closed to passengers
20 August 1962	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Cliffe (TQ 738 748 51°26′44″N 0°30′07″E / 51.445426°N 0.502011°E / 51.445426; 0.502011) was a railway station between Uralite Halt and High Halstow Halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway. It was opened on 1 April 1882 and closed to passengers on 4 December 1961 and freight on 20 August 1962. It originally only had one platform, a second platform was built in 1935.^[1] The station was demolished soon after closure although one track through the station site remains and still carries frieight traffic.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Uralite Halt		7/1907 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt
Uralite Halt		1-1-1923 to 31-12-1948 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt
Uralite Halt		1-1-1948 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt

References

1. ^ Subterranea Britannica

External links

• Cliffe station on navigable 1940 O. S. map