Bridge railway station
Bridge was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.
Bridge | |
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Bridge station, 16 April 1963 | |
Location | |
Place | Bridge, Kent |
Coordinates | 51°14′47″N 1°06′39″E |
Grid reference | TR 172 543 |
Operations | |
Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway South Eastern and Chatham Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
1 July 1889 | Opened |
1 December 1940 | Closed to passengers |
1 October 1947 | Closed to freight |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
History
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 Barham 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Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The station remained open to freight during the war.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.[6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Canterbury South | Southern Railway Elham Valley Railway |
Bishopsbourne |
References
- Citations
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bridge.
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
- Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 106.
- Sources
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 58 8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)