Station Name: ELTHAM PARK

 

[Source: Nick Catford]


Date opened: 1.7.1908
Location: East of Westmount Road
Company on opening: South Eastern & Chatham
Date closed to passengers: 17.3.1985
Date closed completely: 17.3.1985
Company on closing: British Rail (Southern Region)
Present state: Some sections of both platforms remain although the edge stones have been removed. The roadside building is also still extant.
County: Kent
OS Grid Ref: TQ433751
Date of visit: October 1984

Notes: Both Eltham Well Hall and Eltham Park were closed on the same day and replaced by a new Eltham Station located between the two of them. The line was realigned north of the new Eltham Station to make way for the Rochester Way Relief Road. All track level buildings and the platform edge stones were removed within a few months of closure.

 


Eltham Park Station in October 1984
Photo by Nick Catford




Eltham Park Station in 1890
Photo by Nick Catford


Eltham Park Station in December 1985, 9 months after closure
Photo by Nick Catford

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[Source: Nick Catford]

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