Rochester Bridge railway station explained

Rochester Bridge
Status:Disused
Borough:Rochester, Borough of Medway
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:London, Chatham and Dover Railway
Pregroup:South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Years:3 Dec 1860
Events:Opened as Strood
Years1:1 Apr 1861
Events1:Renamed Rochester Bridge
Years2:1 Nov 1861
Events2:Renamed Rochester and Strood
Years3:Mar 1892
Events3:Renamed Rochester Bridge (Strood)
Years4:Jan 1905
Events4:Renamed Rochester Bridge
Years5:1 Jan 1917
Events5:Closed

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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51.3942°N 0.4986°W