Gravesend
Station
The first railway to
arrive in Gravesend was the Gravesend & Rochester Railway
(G&RR) who had purchased the Thames and Medway Canal and its
tunnel between Strood and Higham. The G&RR ran the first train
to the then terminus at Gravesend on 10 February 1845. On 30 July
1849 the line was extended to North Kent East Junction on the South
Eastern Railway (SER) and thence to London Bridge.
There was a second Gravesend station (in later years known as
Gravesend West), opened by SER's rivals London, Chatham and Dover
Railway (LCDR). It was the end of a branch off the LCDR's main line
and it allowed access to Victoria. journey times were uncompetitive
and when the two companies merged in 1899, the branch was soon
relegated to a secondary line and closed in 1968.
The magnetic nano
has a log book but no pen so please bring one with you.
Although I think this is wheelchair friendly, there is a kerb and a
reach involved.