Grain Crossing Halt railway station

Disused railway station in Kent, England

Grain Crossing Halt
General information
LocationMiddle Stoke, Medway
England
Grid referenceTQ863753
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1906Opened
11 June 1951[1]Closed to rail traffic
3 September 1951Closed to passengers

Grain Crossing Halt (TQ 863 753 51°26′45″N 0°40′55″E / 51.445943°N 0.681966°E / 51.445943; 0.681966) was a halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway between Stoke Junction Halt and Port Victoria station in the UK. It was opened on 1 July 1906 and closed to passengers on 11 June 1951. A bus service operated until 3 September 1951, when it was replaced by Grain station. Although officially named Grain Crossing Halt the station nameboard read Grain Halt[2][3]

Site of Grain Crossing Halt


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Middle Stoke Halt   1-7-1906 to 31-12-1922
SECR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Port Victoria
Middle Stoke Halt   1-1-1923 to
15-5-1932
SR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Port Victoria
Stoke Junction Halt   16-5-1932 to 31-12-1947
SR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Port Victoria
Stoke Junction Halt   1-1-1948 to 10-6-1951
BR(S)
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Port Victoria

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 203
  2. ^ Southern Railway Halts, p45
  3. ^ Subterranea Britannica

Sources.

  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.

External links

  • Kent Rail
  • Grain Crossing Halt station on navigable 1940 O. S. map
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Closed railway stations in Kent
Canterbury and Whitstable RailwayElham Valley RailwayHawkhurst branch lineHundred of Hoo RailwayKent and East Sussex RailwaySheppey Light RailwayEast Kent Light RailwayWesterham Valley branch lineGravesend West LineSandgate Branch
South Eastern Main LineDover areaMarshlink line
Dungeness branchesRomney, Hythe and Dymchurch RailwaySER & LCDR merger remodellingOther lines
Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West
Chatham Main Line
Kent Coast line
Maidstone East line
Medway Valley line
Sheerness line