Strood (1st) railway station

Strood
Strood
Location	Strood, Borough of Medway ; England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Gravesend and Rochester Railway ; South Eastern Railway
Key dates
8 February 1845	Opened as Rochester
13 December 1846	Closed
23 August 1847	Reopened
July 1849	Renamed Strood, Rochester and Chatham
June 1852	Renamed Strood
18 Jun 1856	Closed

Last updated November 29, 2020

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Strood (1st) (locally known as and marked on old maps as The Old Terminus) was a terminus of the South Eastern Railway located in Strood and serving also the towns of Chatham and Rochester. It closed for passengers in 1856 when the present Strood station was opened. The site was then used as a sidings yard until around 1990. It is now occupied by housing development and industrial units.

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Higham		South Eastern Railway		Terminus

Maps

Medway Towns

Legend

North Kent Line & HS1

to London Bridge & St Pancras

Chatham Main Line

to Victoria & Blackfriars

Medway Valley Line

to Maidstone West

Halling

Cuxton

Strood

Rochester Bridge│Strood (1st)

Rochester Bridge

Goods station

(2015–)

(1892–2015)

Chatham

Gillingham

Rainham

Chatham Main Line

to Faversham, Dover & Ramsgate

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References

1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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. pp. 198, 223. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

Coordinates: 51°23′47″N0°30′08″E / 51.3965°N 0.5021°E / 51.3965; 0.5021

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[Butt-1] 1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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. pp. 198, 223. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

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Strood
Location	Strood, Borough of Medway England
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Gravesend and Rochester Railway ^[1] South Eastern Railway
Key dates
8 February 1845	Opened as Rochester^[1]
13 December 1846	Closed
23 August 1847	Reopened
July 1849	Renamed Strood, Rochester and Chatham
June 1852	Renamed Strood
18 Jun 1856	Closed