Allhallows-on-Sea railway station explained

Allhallows-on-Sea
Status:Disused
Borough:Allhallows-on-Sea, Medway
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Years:16 May 1932
Events:Opened
Years1:4 December 1961
Events1:Closed

Allhallows-on-Sea station was the railway station for Allhallows-on-Sea, Kent from 1932 to 1961.

It was opened partly on the 14 and fully on 16 May 1932. It had an island platform with a run-round loop. Originally the branch from Stoke Junction was single track, but it was doubled in 1935, and singled again in 1957.

The station closed on 4 December 1961 and was demolished in 1975, although the listed water tank remains.[1] [2]

History

Opened by the Southern Railway the line passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

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External links

51.4723°N 0.6542°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kentrail.org.uk/Allhallows-on-Sea.htm Kent Rail
  2. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/allhallows_on_sea/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica