Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness (1860-83) | |
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General information | |
Location | Sheerness-on-Sea England |
Coordinates | 51°26′17″N 0°44′58″E / 51.438122°N 0.749578°E |
Grid reference | TQ 912 746 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Sittingbourne & Sheerness Railway Company |
Pre-grouping | London, Chatham and Dover Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
19 July 1860 | Opened |
1 June 1883 | Renamed Sheerness Dockyard |
2 January 1922[1][2] | closed for passengers |
6 May 1963 | Closed for freight |
Sheerness Dockyard railway station was the original terminus of the Sheerness line. It was built by the Sittingbourne & Sheerness Railway and opened in 1860. The station closed for passengers in 1922, closed for freight in 1963 and the buildings were demolished in 1971.