Cliffe railway station
Cliffe | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Cliffe, Medway England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°26′43″N 0°29′54″E / 51.4453°N 0.4983°E | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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Cliffe (TQ 738 748 51°26′44″N 0°30′07″E / 51.445426°N 0.502011°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 | ||
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| 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 |