Brasted railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Brasted


gridref = TQ467558
manager = South Eastern Railway
SECR
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Brasted
borough = Sevenoaks
platforms = 1
years = 3 July 1881 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/brasted/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica's page on Brasted railway station] - Nick Catford - Accessed 8 September 2007]
events = Opened
years1 = 30 October 1961
events1 = Station closed

Brasted is a disused intermediate railway station on the closed Westerham Valley Branch Line in Kent.

The station was built by the Westerham Valley Railway Company and soon taken over by the South Eastern Railway which became the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899. Operations passed to the Southern Railway upon the railway grouping in 1923 and thereafter on nationalisation of the railways to the Southern Region of British Railways which closed the Westerham Branch on 30 October 1961 ostensibly due to low patronage. The line was the subject of a revival/preservation attempt which was scuppered by plans for the M25 which called for the use of much of the route of the line.

The station approach to Brasted is now a works road leading on to the M25, with the actual accessway covering the site of the former booking hall. Just beyond that area is the former station goods yard, formerly occupied by a local coal merchant, which appears derelict and is closed off by steel gates. The stationmaster's house has survived and lies to the south.

Gallery

Other stations

* Westerham
* Chevening Halt
* Dunton Green

References

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain