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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 744
Type of record:Monument
Name:Chatham central branch line

Summary

The Chatham Central Branch was built by the South Eastern Railway in 1891 parallel to the Toomer Loop over a new bridge across the Medway. Its terminus, Chatham Central, was so peripheral to Chatham it was actually in Rochester. It proved to be a white elephant, Rochester Common and Chatham Central stations being closed in 1911, the track being dismantled, although the new bridge became the new route linking Strood and Rochester.


Grid Reference:TQ 7446 6866
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • RAILWAY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1891 AD to 1911 AD)

Full description

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The Chatham Central Branch was built by the South Eastern Railway in 1891 parallel to the Toomer Loop over a new bridge across the Medway. Its terminus, Chatham Central, was so peripheral to Chatham it was actually in Rochester. It proved to be a white elephant, Rochester Common and Chatham Central stations being closed in 1911, the track being dismantled, although the new bridge became the new route linking Strood and Rochester.

Pastscape momument number: 1357990


AOC Archaeology, 2008, Archive Report on Archaeological Works (Phases II-V): Rochester Riverside Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31289.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: AOC Archaeology. 2008. Archive Report on Archaeological Works (Phases II-V): Rochester Riverside Kent.

Related records

TQ 76 NW 421Parent of: Chatham Central Station (Monument)