Grain Crossing Halt railway station

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Grain Crossing Halt
Location
Location Middle Stoke
Area Medway
Grid reference TQ863753
Operations
Pre-grouping South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
1 July 1906 Opened
11 July 1951 Closed to rail traffic
3 September 1951 Closed to passengers
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-Z  

Portal:Grain Crossing Halt railway station
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Grain Crossing Halt (TQ 863 753 51°26′45″N 0°40′55″E / 51.445943, 0.681966) was a halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway between Stoke Junction Halt and Port Victoria station. It was opened on 1 July 1906 and closed to rail traffic (but not passengers) on 11 July 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[1][2]

Site of Grain Crossing Halt
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Southern Railway Halts, p45
  2. ^ Subterranea Britannica

[edit] Sources.

  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 085361 321 4. 

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