place

Port Victoria railway station

Disused railway stations in KentFormer South Eastern Railway (UK) stationsPages with no open date in Infobox stationRailway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
Transport in MedwayUse British English from August 2015
Port Victoria Station
Port Victoria Station

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. 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. The station featured in two Pathé News films recorded in 1939 and 1947, both featuring Station Master Stephen Mills.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Port Victoria railway station (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Port Victoria railway station
Port Victoria Road,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Port Victoria railway stationContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 51.432 ° E 0.7027 °
placeShow on map

Address

Jetty 8

Port Victoria Road
ME3 0AR , Isle of Grain
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Port Victoria Station
Port Victoria Station
Share experience

Nearby Places

Deadman's Island (Kent)
Deadman's Island (Kent)

Deadman's Island is a small island in the estuary of the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom close to where The Swale flows into the Medway. It is a flat, raised area of marshland around 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) long and 200 metres (660 ft) wide among the tidal sand banks on the southern side of the estuary and separated from the British mainland of Chetney Marshes by a narrow channel known as Shepherd's Creek. The town of Queenborough lies around one kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east across the West Swale channel. The island is crossed by several narrow tidal channels that mean that at high tide the island is separated into several smaller islands.The island consists primarily of mudbanks and is uninhabited. Owned by Natural England, it is leased to two people, and is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its importance as a nesting and breeding site for birds.In 2016 the remains of more than 200 humans were found on the island. It is believed that the remains are those of men and boys who died of disease on board prison hulks, floating prisons that were moored in the area around 200 years ago. Originally buried in wooden coffins under six feet (1.8 m) of mud, coastal erosion and rising sea levels has washed away the mud to expose the remains at times of low tide. The island is marked with wooden posts across it, though these are probably to help identify the island and prevent erosion and not grave markers as sometimes claimed.