Denton Halt railway station

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Denton Halt
Location
Location	Gravesend
Area	Gravesham
Grid reference	TQ667741
Operations
Pre-grouping	South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
July 1906	Opened
1914	Name changed to Denton Road
1919	Name reverted to Denton Halt
4 December 1961	Closed
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
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Denton Halt (TQ 667 741 51°26′29″N 0°23′59″E / 51.441272, 0.399599) was a halt between Milton Road Halt and Milton Range Halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway. It opened on July 1906 and closed on 4 December 1961. The halt was about 1¼ miles from Gravesend Central.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Milton Road Halt		7/1906 to 30-4-1915 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Milton Range Halt
Gravesend Central		1-5-1915 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Milton Range Halt
Gravesend Central		1-1-1923 to 16-9-1932 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Milton Range Halt
Gravesend Central		17-9-1932 to 31-12-1947 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Uralite Halt
Gravesend Central		1-1-1948 to 1956 BR (S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		Uralite Halt
Gravesend Central		1956 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		Hoo Junction Staff Halt

[edit] References.

[edit] Sources.

• Kidner, R. W. (1985). Southern Railway Halts. Survey and Gazetteer. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 085361 321 4. 

[edit] External links

• Subterranea Britannica