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Disused railway station in Kent, England

Uralite Halt
General information
LocationHigham, Gravesham
England
Grid referenceTQ702737
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
July 1906Opened
4 December 1961Closed

Uralite Halt (TQ 702 737 51°26′12″N 0°26′59″E / 51.436637°N 0.449723°E / 51.436637; 0.449723) was a halt between Milton Range Halt and Cliffe station on the Hundred of Hoo Railway. Built to serve the British Uralite works, it opened in July 1906 and closed on 4 December 1961. The halt was demolished soon after closure.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Milton Range Halt   7/1906 to
31-12-1922
SECR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Cliffe station
Milton Range Halt   1-1-1923 to 16-9-1932
SR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Cliffe station
Denton Halt   17-9-1932 to 31-12-1947
SR
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Cliffe station
Denton Halt   1-1-1948 to 1956
BR(S)
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Cliffe station
Hoo Junction Staff Halt   1956 to
3-12-1961
BR(S)
Hundred of Hoo Railway
  Cliffe station

References

  1. Southern Railway Halts, p57.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 434. OCLC 931112387.

Sources

  • Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-321-4.

External links

Closed railway stations in Kent
Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Elham Valley Railway
Hawkhurst branch line
Hundred of Hoo Railway
Kent and East Sussex Railway
Sheppey Light Railway
East Kent Light Railway
Westerham Valley branch line
Gravesend West Line
Sandgate Branch
South Eastern Main Line
Dover area
Marshlink line
Dungeness branches
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
SER & LCDR merger remodelling,
or Southern Railway Isle of Thanet remodelling.
Other lines
Ashford to Ramsgate
via Canterbury West
Chislet Colliery Halt
Chatham Main Line
  • Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea
  • Stonehall and Lydden Halt
  • Kent Coast lineRichborough Castle Halt
    Maidstone East line
    Medway Valley line
    Sheerness line
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