Longfield Halt railway station
Longfield Halt | |
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Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | |
Key dates | |
1 July 1913 | Opened |
3 August 1953 | Closed[1] |
Longfield Halt (also known as Longfield Halt for Pinden and Westwood) was a railway station on the Gravesend West Line which served the settlement of Grubb Street in Kent, England.
History
The line was opened 1886 but it was not until 1913 that the station was opened as part of a drive by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) to cut costs and increase revenues on the Gravesend West branch.[2] Longfield Halt was now the first station on the line and was situated ¾ mile from Fawkham Junction in a chalk cutting just to the south-west of a road bridge carrying Whitehill Road over the line.[3]
The station was constructed entirely of wood, with access being had from a staircase leading down from the overbridge. Its opening coincided with the introduction by the SECR of
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Farningham Road Line and station open |
British Railways Southern Region Gravesend West Line |
Southfleet Line partially open, station closed |
Present day
The site of Longfield Halt has been incorporated into the
References
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 149.
- ISBN 978-1-85306-803-4.
- ISBN 0-85361-321-4.
- ISBN 0-85361-307-9.
- ^ Oppitz, L., op. cit. p. 100.
- ISBN 0-946537-37-2.
- ^ Kent Rail, "Medway Viaduct".
- ^ Department of Transport, "The Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Introduction". Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine