Rochester Bridge railway station

Disused railway station in Kent, England

Rochester Bridge
General information
LocationRochester, Borough of Medway
England
Grid referenceTQ739690
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway[1]
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway
Key dates
3 Dec 1860Opened as Strood[1]
1 Apr 1861Renamed Rochester Bridge
1 Nov 1861Renamed Rochester and Strood
Mar 1892Renamed Rochester Bridge (Strood)
Jan 1905Renamed Rochester Bridge
1 Jan 1917Closed

Rochester Bridge railway station served Rochester and Strood in Kent, England.

It was opened as Strood by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1860. After several name changes and the merger of the LC&DR into the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, it closed as Rochester Bridge in 1917. It lay derelict until it was demolished in the late 1960s in preparation for widening of the A2 road, which opened in 1970, its bridge of the River Medway using the piers of the southern span of the railway bridge.

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Medway Towns
Legend
North Kent Line & HS1
to London Bridge & St Pancras
Chatham Main Line
to Victoria & Blackfriars
Medway Valley Line
to Maidstone West
Halling
Cuxton
Strood
Rochester Bridge | Strood (1st)
Goods station
Rochester Common
Rochester
(2015–)
Rochester
(1892–2015)
Chatham Central
Chatham
Gillingham
Rainham
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sole Street
Line closed, station open
  Chatham Main Line   Rochester
Line closed, station open

References

  1. ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. pp. 198, 223. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

51°23′39″N 0°29′55″E / 51.3942°N 0.4986°E / 51.3942; 0.4986

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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
East Kent Light Railway
Westerham Valley branch line
Gravesend West Line
Sandgate Branch
South Eastern Main Line
Dover area
Marshlink line
Dungeness branches
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
SER & LCDR merger remodelling
Other lines
Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West
Chatham Main Line
Kent Coast line
Maidstone East line
Medway Valley line
Sheerness line


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