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Chatham Central
Site of Chatham Central railway station
General information
LocationChatham, Borough of Medway
England
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySouth Eastern Railway[2]
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern and Chatham Railway
Key dates
1 Mar 1892Opened[2]
1 Oct 1911Closed

Chatham Central was the terminus of the Chatham Extension from Strood serving the towns of Chatham and Rochester.

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway which merged with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. After the merger the SE & CR deemed that the Chatham Extension was an unnecessary duplication of the line and stations that it inherited from the LC & DR, and therefore the Extension and its stations, including Chatham Central, was closed in 1911.

Apart from the present railway bridge (part of Rochester Bridge), no trace of the station or the Chatham Extension is evident today. Houses on Doust Way have been built over the site of the station.[3]

Medway Towns
Legend
North Kent Line & HS1
to London Bridge & St Pancras
Chatham Main Line
to Victoria & Blackfriars
Medway Valley Line
to Maidstone West
 Halling
Cuxton
Strood
Rochester Bridge | Strood (1st)
Rochester Bridge
Goods station
Rochester Common
Rochester
(2015–)
 Rochester
(1892–2015)
 Chatham Central
River Medway
 Chatham
Gillingham
Rainham
Chatham Main Line
to Faversham, Dover & Ramsgate
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rochester Common
Line and station closed 		  South Eastern Railway
Chatham Extension 		  Terminus

References

  1. ^ Adrian Gray (1984). The London Chatham and Dover Railway. Meresborough Books. ISBN 0-905270-88-6.
  2. ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  3. ^ "Discovering Kent's History and the Evolution of Foot Care - Kent History". 9 May 2023.

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