Hoo Junction Staff Halt railway station

Hoo Junction Staff Halt

Networker train at the up platform, (down platform to the left), with up yard of Hoo Junction to the right.

Location

Place

Higham

Local authority

Gravesend

Operations

Managed by

Network Rail

Platforms in use

History

1956

Opened

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Hoo Junction Staff Halt is a halt station on the North Kent Line. It is located within the Hoo Junction rail yard, for which it was built to serve.^[1] The down platform is on North Kent Line before the junction onto the Hundred of Hoo Line TQ 6950 7369 51°26′11″N 0°26′20″E / 51.4364, 0.4390Coordinates: 51°26′11″N 0°26′20″E / 51.4364, 0.4390, while the up platform is only on North Kent Line TQ 6980 7364 51°26′09″N 0°26′36″E / 51.4358, 0.4433.^[2] It opened in 1956.

Preceding station		Following station
Denton Halt	1956 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway	Uralite Halt
Gravesend Central	From 4-12-1961 BR(S) later Network Rail Hundred of Hoo Railway	Goods line
Denton Halt	1956 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) North Kent Line	Higham

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gravesend		From 4-12-1961 BR(S) later Network Rail North Kent Line		Higham

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Higham		1956 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) North Kent Line		Denton Halt

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Higham		From 4-12-1961 BR(S) later Network Rail North Kent Line		Gravesend

[edit] See also

^ Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 085361 321 4.
^ Dartford to Sittingbourne, Southern Main Lines,Middleton Press, ISBN 1 873793 34 0