Bridge railway station

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Bridge
Photograph of Bridge station building
Bridge station, 16 April 1963
LocationBridge, Kent
England
Coordinates51°14′47″N 1°06′39″E / 51.246497°N 1.110731°E / 51.246497; 1.110731Coordinates: 51°14′47″N 1°06′39″E / 51.246497°N 1.110731°E / 51.246497; 1.110731
Grid referenceTR 172 543
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern Railway
South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1889Opened
1 December 1940Closed to passengers
1 October 1947Closed to freight

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

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 Lyminge 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Passenger services between Canterbury West and Lyminge were withdrawn on 1 December 1940 and the line was placed under military control.[1] The station remained open to freight during the war.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. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 1995, Historical Background.
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1995, Bridge.
  3. ^ a b 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.
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