Gravesend Railway Station

Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent; train services are operated by Southeastern. The station is 24 miles (38 km) from London Charing Cross. As of the Christmas period 2013 a major overhaul of the lines and platforms changed the four line, two platform layout into a three line, three platform layout. HistoryThe first railway to arrive in Gravesend was the Gravesend & Rochester Railway who had purchased the Thames and Medway Canal and its tunnel between Strood and Higham. The G& RR ran the first train to the then terminus at Gravesend on 10 February 1845. On 30 July 1849 the line was extended to North Kent East Junction on the South Eastern Railway and thence to London Bridge. There was a second Gravesend station opened by SER's rivals, London, Chatham and Dover Railway . It was the end of a branch off the LCDR's main line and it allowed access to Victoria. journey times were uncompetitive and when the two companies merged in 1899, the branch was soon relegated to a secondary line and closed in 1968.

Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent; train services are operated by Southeastern. The station is 24 miles (38 km) from London Charing Cross. As of the Christmas period 2013 a major overhaul of the lines and platforms changed the four line, two platform layout into a three line, three platform layout. HistoryThe first railway to arrive in Gravesend was the Gravesend & Rochester Railway who had purchased the Thames and Medway Canal and its tunnel between Strood and Higham. The G& RR ran the first train to the then terminus at Gravesend on 10 February 1845. On 30 July 1849 the line was extended to North Kent East Junction on the South Eastern Railway and thence to London Bridge. There was a second Gravesend station opened by SER's rivals, London, Chatham and Dover Railway . It was the end of a branch off the LCDR's main line and it allowed access to Victoria. journey times were uncompetitive and when the two companies merged in 1899, the branch was soon relegated to a secondary line and closed in 1968.