Chatham Central railway station

Chatham Central was the terminus of the Chatham Extension from Strood serving the towns of Chatham and Rochester.

Chatham Central
Site of Chatham Central railway station
General information
Location	Chatham, Borough of Medway England
Platforms	1[1]
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway[2]
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Key dates
1 Mar 1892	Opened[2]
1 Oct 1911	Closed

The station was opened by the South Eastern Railway which merged with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. After the merger the SE & CR deemed that the Chatham Extension was an unnecessary duplication of the line and stations that it inherited from the LC & DR, and therefore the Extension and its stations, including Chatham Central, was closed in 1911.

Apart from the present railway bridge (part of Rochester Bridge), no trace of the station or the Chatham Extension is evident today. Houses on Doust Way have been built over the site of the station.^[3]

v t e Medway Towns
Legend
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
Rochester Common Line and station closed		South Eastern Railway Chatham Extension		Terminus

References

1. Adrian Gray (1984). The London Chatham and Dover Railway. Meresborough Books. ISBN 0-905270-88-6.
2. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
3. "Discovering Kent's History and the Evolution of Foot Care - Kent History". 9 May 2023.

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