Port Victoria railway station

Port Victoria
General information
Location	Port Victoria, Medway England
Coordinates	51.4320°N 0.7027°E / 51.4320; 0.7027
Grid reference	TQ878738
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
11 September 1882	Opened
1931	resited
11 June 1951	Closed

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.

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]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Sharnal Street		1882-01-11 to 1898-12-31 SER Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Sharnal Street		1899-01-01 to 1906-06-30 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt		1906-07-01 to 1922-12-31 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt		1923-01-01 to 1947-12-31 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt		1948-01-01 to 1951-06-10 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway		Terminus

References

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

External links

• Port Victoria station on navigable 1940 O. S. map