Bridge railway station

Bridge was a station on the Elham Valley Railway. It opened in 1889 and closed to passengers in 1940 and freight in 1947.

Bridge
Bridge station, 16 April 1963
Location
PlaceBridge, Kent
Coordinates51°14′47″N 1°06′39″E
Grid referenceTR 172 543
Operations
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Platforms2
History
1 July 1889Opened
1 December 1940Closed to passengers
1 October 1947Closed to freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

The station opened on 1 July 1889. It was situated on the extension of the Elham Valley Railway from Barham to Harbledown Junction, on the Ashford to Ramsgate line.[1] An 18-lever signal box was provided.[2] Initially, there were six passenger trains per day. By 1906 there were nine trains a day, with five on Sunday. This had reduced to six trains a day by 1922.[3] The double track between Barham and Harbledown Junction was reduced to single track from 25 October 1931 and the signal boxes between those points were abolished.[4] Services had been reduced to five trains a day by 1937.[3]

Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The station remained open to freight during the war. Military control was relinquished on 19 February 1945. The Elham Valley Railway closed on 1 October 1947.[5] The station building was converted into a dwelling in 1948.[6]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Canterbury South   Southern Railway
Elham Valley Railway		   Bishopsbourne

References
Citations
  1. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  2. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bridge.
  3. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Passenger Services.
  4. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 104.
  5. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical background.
  6. Mitchell & Smith 1995, Illustration 106.
Sources
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1995). Branch Lines Around Canterbury. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1 873793 58 8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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