Sharnal Street railway station
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Disused railway station in Kent, England
Sharnal Street | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Sharnal Street, Medway England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ788743 | ||||
| Platforms | 1, later 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | ||||
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| 1 April 1882 | Opened | ||||
| 4 December 1961 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 20 August 1962 | Closed | ||||
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Sharnal Street station was a railway station between High Halstow Halt and Beluncle Halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway.
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. The station buildings were demolished in 1967.[1]
Proposed new station
Medway Council have proposed a new station at Sharnal Street to serve residential development on the Hoo Peninsula. The council has secured funding from the Housing Infrastructure Fund for the station and a link road.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Cliffe | 1-8-1882 to 10-9-1882 SER Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Cliffe | 11-9-1882 to 31-12-1898 SER Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Port Victoria | ||
| Cliffe | 1-1-1899 to 6/1906 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Terminus | ||
| High Halstow Halt | 7/1906 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Beluncle Halt | ||
| High Halstow Halt | 1-1-1923 to 31-12-1947 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Beluncle Halt | ||
| High Halstow Halt | 1-1-1948 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway |
Beluncle Halt | ||
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Closed railway stations in Kent | |||||||||||||
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| Canterbury and Whitstable Railway | |||||||||||||
| Elham Valley Railway | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Marshlink line Dungeness branches | |||||||||||||
| Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | |||||||||||||
| SER & LCDR merger remodelling, or Southern Railway Isle of Thanet remodelling. | |||||||||||||
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