Cliffe (TQ 738 748 51°26′44″N 0°30′07″E) was a railway station between Uralite Halt and High Halstow Halt on the Hundred of Hoo Railway in Kent, England. It was opened on 1 April 1882 and closed to passengers on 4 December 1961 and freight on 20 August 1962. It originally only had one platform, a second platform was built in 1935.[1] The station was demolished soon after closure although one track through the station site remains and still carries freight traffic.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Uralite Halt | 7/1907 to 31-12-1922 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway |
High Halstow Halt | ||
| Uralite Halt | 1-1-1923 to 31-12-1948 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway |
High Halstow Halt | ||
| Uralite Halt | 1-1-1948 to 3-12-1961 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway |
High Halstow Halt |
Cliffe | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Cliffe, Medway England |
| Coordinates | 51.4453°N 0.4983°E / 51.4453; 0.4983 |
| Grid reference | TQ738748 |
| Platforms | 1, later 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway (UK) |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1882 | Opened |
| 4 December 1961 | Closed to passengers |
| 20 August 1962 | Closed to freight |
Closed railway stations in Kent | |||||||||||||
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| Canterbury and Whitstable Railway | |||||||||||||
| Elham Valley Railway | |||||||||||||
| Hawkhurst branch line |
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| Hundred of Hoo Railway |
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| Kent and East Sussex Railway |
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| Sheppey Light Railway |
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| East Kent Light Railway | |||||||||||||
| Westerham Valley branch line | |||||||||||||
| Gravesend West Line | |||||||||||||
| Sandgate Branch |
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| South Eastern Main Line | |||||||||||||
| Dover area |
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| Marshlink line Dungeness branches |
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| Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | |||||||||||||
| SER & LCDR merger remodelling | |||||||||||||
| Other lines |
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