Grain Crossing Halt railway station

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Grain Crossing Halt
Location
Location	Middle Stoke
Area	Medway
Grid reference	TQ863753
Operations
Pre-grouping	South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
1 July 1906	Opened
11 July 1951	Closed to rail traffic
3 September 1951	Closed to passengers
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-Z
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Grain Crossing Halt (TQ 863 753 51°26′45″N 0°40′55″E / 51.445943, 0.681966) was a halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway between Stoke Junction Halt and Port Victoria station. It was opened on 1 July 1906 and closed to rail traffic (but not passengers) on 11 July 1951. A bus service operated until 3 September 1951, when it was replaced by Grain station. Although officially named Grain Crossing Halt the station nameboard read Grain Halt^[1][2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Middle Stoke Halt		1-7-1906 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Port Victoria
Middle Stoke Halt		1-1-1923 to 15-5-1932 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Port Victoria
Stoke Junction Halt		16-5-1932 to 31-12-1947 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Port Victoria
Stoke Junction Halt		1-1-1948 to 10-6-1951 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		Port Victoria

[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

• Kent Rail