Port_Victoria_railway_station

Port Victoria railway station

Port Victoria railway station

Disused railway station in Kent, England

Port Victoria railway station is a disused station in Kent, United Kingdom, which opened on 11 September 1882 and closed in 1951. It was located at the head of a 400-foot (120 m) long timber pier reaching in the River Medway estuary.

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The pier was discovered to be in need of repairs in 1896, and had also been damaged by a storm in November of that year. Between 1900 and 1903, the station was heavily used, as owing to a fire Queenborough pier was unavailable for use. During World War I the Admiralty took over Port Victoria. In 1916, the railway along the pier was shortened to 93 feet (28 m) and a new station building provided, the old one being demolished. By 1931 further deterioration of the pier made it unsafe and a new station was built on the landward side.[1] The train service by this time being just two passenger services per day. In 1941 the pier was demolished and the station closed on 11 June 1951.[2] The station featured in two Pathé News films recorded in 1939 and 1947, both featuring Station Master Stephen Mills.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Disused Stations: Port Victoria Station".
  2. [2]
    "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  3. [3]
    "Railway Station". British Pathé. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Lonely Station Issue Title Is Pathe Pictorial…". British Pathé. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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