Brasted railway station

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Brasted

Location

Location

Brasted

Area

Sevenoaks

Operations

Pre-grouping

South Eastern Railway
SECR

Post-grouping

Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways

Platforms

History

3 July 1881 ^[1]

Opened

30 October 1961 ^[1]

Station closed

Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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The Westerham branch in relation to other railway lines in Kent

Brasted is a disused intermediate railway station on the closed Westerham Valley Branch Line in Kent.

The station was built by the Westerham Valley Railway Company and soon taken over by the South Eastern Railway which became the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. Operations passed to the Southern Railway upon the railway grouping in 1923 and thereafter on nationalisation of the railways to the Southern Region of British Railways which closed the Westerham Branch on 30 October 1961 ostensibly due to low patronage.^[1] The line was the subject of a revival/preservation attempt which was scuppered by plans for the M25 which called for the use of much of the route of the line.^[1]

The station approach to Brasted is now a works road leading on to the M25, with the actual accessway covering the site of the former booking hall. Just beyond that area is the former station goods yard, formerly occupied by a local coal merchant, which appears derelict and is closed off by steel gates. The stationmaster's house has survived and lies to the south.