Cliffe railway station

For the station on the Hull and Selby Railway, see Cliff railway station.

Cliffe (TQ 738 748 51°26′44″N 0°30′07″E) was a railway station between Uralite Halt and High Halstow Halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway in Kent, England. It was opened on 1 April 1882 and closed to passengers on 4 December 1961 and freight on 20 August 1962. It originally only had one platform, a second platform was built in 1935.^[1] The station was demolished soon after closure although one track through the station site remains and still carries freight traffic.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Uralite Halt		7/1907 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt
Uralite Halt		1-1-1923 to 31-12-1948 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt
Uralite Halt		1-1-1948 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		High Halstow Halt

Cliffe
General information
Location	Cliffe, Medway England
Coordinates	51.4453°N 0.4983°E / 51.4453; 0.4983
Grid reference	TQ738748
Platforms	1, later 2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway (UK)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 April 1882	Opened
4 December 1961	Closed to passengers
20 August 1962	Closed to freight

References

1. Subterranea Britannica

External links

• Cliffe station on navigable 1940 O. S. map