Rochester Bridge railway station

Rochester Bridge railway station served Rochester and Strood in Kent, England.

Rochester Bridge
Location
Place	Rochester
Area	Borough of Medway
Grid reference	TQ739690
Operations
Original company	London, Chatham and Dover Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Platforms	2
History
3 Dec 1860	Opened as Strood[1]
1 Apr 1861	Renamed Rochester Bridge
1 Nov 1861	Renamed Rochester and Strood
Mar 1892	Renamed Rochester Bridge (Strood)
Jan 1905	Renamed Rochester Bridge
1 Jan 1917	Closed
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

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.

Medway Towns
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
Sole Street Line closed, station open		Chatham Main Line		Rochester Line closed, station open

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (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. pp. 198, 223. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.