Hundred of Hoo Railway

Hundred of Hoo Railway
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleKent
South East England
Service
TypeSuburban rail, Heavy rail
SystemNational Rail
History
Opened1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Closed4 December 1961; 62 years ago (1961-12-04)
to passenger service
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Hundred of Hoo Railway
Gravesend Central
Milton Road Halt
1906–1915
Denton Halt
1906–1961
Milton Range Halt
1906–1932
Hoo Junction Staff Halt
Uralite Halt
1906–1961
Cliffe Gravel Works
Cliffe
1882–1961
Wybourne Level Crossing
High Halstow Halt
1906–1961
Sharnal Street
1882–1961
Chattenden and Upnor Railway
to Berry Wiggins Oil Refinery
Beluncle Halt
1906–1961
Tar Works
Middle Stoke Halt
1906–1961
Stoke Junction Halt
1932–1961
Stoke Level Crossing
Allhallows-on-Sea
1932–1961
 A228   B2001  Grain Level Crossing
Grain Crossing Halt
1906–1951
Grain
1951–1961
BP Grain Oil Refinery
Port Victoria
1882–1951

The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent, England, following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula, passing near the villages of Cooling, High Halstow, Cliffe and Stoke before reaching the Isle of Grain and the container port on its eastern tip, Thamesport. There used to be a short branch line leading from Stoke Junction to the coastal town of Allhallows but this closed from 4 December 1961, the same date on which the Hundred of Hoo line was closed to passenger services.