Allhallows-on-Sea railway station

Allhallows-on-Sea
SECR H Class at station in 1958.
General information
Location	Allhallows-on-Sea, Medway England
Grid reference	TQ844783
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 May 1932	Opened
4 December 1961	Closed

Allhallows-on-Sea station was the railway station for Allhallows-on-Sea, Kent from 1932 to 1961.

It was opened partly on the 14 and fully on 16 May 1932. It had an island platform with a run-round loop. Originally the branch from Stoke Junction was single track, but it was doubled in 1935, and singled again in 1957.

The station closed on 4 December 1961 and was demolished in 1975, although the listed water tank remains.

History

Opened by the Southern Railway the line passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 and was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Middle Stoke Halt		16-5-1932 to 15-7-1932 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Stoke Junction Halt		16-7-1932 to 31-12-1947 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Stoke Junction Halt		1-1-1948 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus

References

Sources

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Allhallows-on-Sea station on 1946 O. S. map