Bridge railway station

Disused railway station in Kent

Bridge

Bridge station, 16 April 1963

General information
Location| Bridge, Kent
England
Coordinates| 51°14′47″N 1°06′39″E﻿ / ﻿51.246497°N 1.110731°E﻿ / 51.246497; 1.110731
Grid reference| TR 172 543
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused (private residence)
History
Pre-grouping| South Eastern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping| Southern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1889| Opened
1 December 1940| Closed to passengers
1 October 1947| Closed to freight

Location

Bridge was a station on the Elham Valley Railway in the county of Kent, England. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

## History

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The station opened on 1 July 1889. It was situated on the extension of the Elham Valley Railway from Barham to Harbledown Junction, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line.[1] An 18-lever signal box was provided.[2] Initially, there were six passenger trains per day. By 1906 there were nine trains a day, with five on Sunday. This had reduced to six trains a day by 1922.[3] The double track between Lyminge and Harbledown Junction was reduced to single track from 25 October 1931 and the signal boxes between those points were abolished.[4] Services had been reduced to five trains a day by 1937.[3]

Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The station remained open to freight during the war. Military control was relinquished on 19 February 1945. The Elham Valley Railway closed on 1 October 1947.[5] The station building was converted into a dwelling in 1948 and is now a private residence.[6]

Preceding station  |   | Disused railways  |   | Following station

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Canterbury South |   | Southern Railway
Elham Valley Railway |   | Bishopsbourne

## References

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Citations

1. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bridge.
3. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
4. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
6. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 106.

Sources

* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-873793-58-8.

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Closed railway stations in Kent

Canterbury and Whitstable Railway|

* Whitstable Harbour
* Tankerton
* South Street
* Blean and Tyler Hill
* Canterbury North Lane

Elham Valley Railway|

* Canterbury South
* Bridge
* Bishopsbourne
* Barham
* Elham
* Lyminge
* Cheriton Halt

Hawkhurst branch line|

* Horsmonden
* Goudhurst
* Cranbrook
* Hawkhurst

Hundred of Hoo Railway|

* Milton Road Halt
* Denton halt
* Milton Range Halt
* Uralite Halt
* Cliffe
* High Halstow Halt
* Sharnal Street
* Beluncle Halt
* Middle Stoke Halt
* Stoke Junction Halt
* Allhallows-on-Sea
* Grain Crossing Halt
* Grain
* Port Victoria

Kent and East Sussex Railway|

* Headcorn Junction
* Frittenden Road
* Biddenden
* High Halden Road
* Tenterden St. Michael's

Sheppey Light Railway|

* Sheerness East
* East Minster
* Minster on Sea
* Brambledown Halt
* Eastchurch
* Harty Road Halt
* Leysdown

East Kent Light Railway|

* Richboro Port
* Sandwich Road
* Roman Road
* Poison Cross
* Woodnesborough
* Eastry
* Eastry South
* Knowlton
* Tilmanstone Colliery Halt
* Ash Town
* Staple
* Wingham Colliery
* Wingham Town
* Canterbury Road

Westerham Valley branch line|

* Westerham
* Brasted
* Chevening Halt

Gravesend West Line|

* Gravesend West
* Rosherville Halt
* Southfleet
* Longfield Halt

Sandgate Branch|

* Hythe
* Sandgate

South Eastern Main Line|

* Smeeth
* Folkestone East
* Folkestone Warren Halt
* Shakespeare Cliff Halt

Dover area|

* Dover Harbour
* Dover Town
* Admiralty Pier
* Dover Marine

Marshlink line
Dungeness branches|

* Brookland Halt
* Lydd Town
* Lydd-on-Sea Halt
* Greatstone-on-Sea Halt
* New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea
* Dungeness (SER)

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway|

* Prince of Wales Halt
* Botolph's Bridge Halt
* Golden Sands Halt
* Greatstone Dunes
* War Department Halt
* Lade
* The Pilot (Inn)
* Britannia Points Halt

SER & LCDR merger remodelling,
or Southern Railway Isle of Thanet remodelling.|

* Ashford West (LCDR Ashford)
* Chatham Central (SER Chatham)
* Margate East (LCDR Margate)
* Margate Sands (SER Margate)
* Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate)
* Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate)
* Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood)
* Rochester Common (SER Rochester)
* Strood (1st) (SER Strood)

Other lines|

| Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West|

Chislet Colliery Halt

* Grove Ferry and Upstreet
* Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt
* St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay
* Tivoli

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Chatham Main Line|

* Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea
* Stonehall and Lydden Halt

Kent Coast line|

Richborough Castle Halt

Maidstone East line|

* Hothfield

Medway Valley line|

* Teston Crossing Halt
* Tovil

Sheerness line|

* Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt
* Queenborough Pier
* Sheerness Dockyard

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