Port Victoria railway station

Port Victoria
Port Victoria
General information
Location	Port Victoria, Medway; England
Coordinates	51°25′55″N 0°42′10″E / 51.4320°N 0.7027°E
Grid reference	TQ878738
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
11 September 1882	Opened
1931	resited
11 June 1951	Closed

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The station featured in two Pathé News films recorded in 1939 and 1947, both featuring Station Master Stephen Mills.^[3]^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
Sharnal Street	1882-01-11 to 1898-12-31 SER Hundred of Hoo Railway	Terminus
Sharnal Street	1899-01-01 to 1906-06-30 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway	Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt	1906-07-01 to 1922-12-31 SECR Hundred of Hoo Railway	Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt	1923-01-01 to 1947-12-31 SR Hundred of Hoo Railway	Terminus
Grain Crossing Halt	1948-01-01 to 1951-06-10 BR(S) Hundred of Hoo Railway	Terminus