Grain Crossing Halt
UK Railtours' excursion to the Grain freight branch passing Grain Crossing Halt as it runs into the terminus at Grain, on 29th December 2016. The line beyond to Port Victoria closed in 1951 and, at the same time, Grain Crossing Halt was replaced by a new station just to the east called simply Grain. However, this only lasted ten years until all services on the line, and the branch to Allhallows-on-Sea that had only opened in 1932, were withdrawn in December 1961. In 1974, a campaign to restore passenger services on the line was started but met with little enthusiasm and was quickly forgotten. However, in the April 2021 edition of Todays Railways, a report states that Medway Council has opened a public consultation into a proposal to again restore passenger services but only on part of the line. This envisages a new station called Hoo, near the site of the former Sharnal Street station, as a new terminus. There are no plans to reopen through to Grain nor to reopen the Allhallows branch.
Location: Grain Crossing Halt (former)
Original line: Hundred of Hoo Railway (South Eastern Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Disused stations (or sites of) in England and Wales (excluding London)
Date: 29/12/2016
Image number: 76123
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