Beltring & Branbridges Halt

Medway-C

Beltring & Banbridges Halt came into use on 1st September 1909 on the Medway Valley Line, being situated just under two miles north of Paddock Wood. The halt consisted of two short wooden platforms, each supplemented with a wooden waiting shelter, more than adequate for a station of its size. Small halts such as this were, under SE&CR tenure, served by a dedicated railmotor service, which featured a small tank engine permanently attached to a single carriage. By the end of the SE&CR era, such a system had been superseded by more conventional rolling stock, and throughout Southern Railway and BR(S) days, a slow service usually formed of two or three Maunsell-designed carriages, fronted by an SECR H Class 0-4-4 tank engine, served Beltring. Controlled by a single semaphore signal to protect the level crossing.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org/ David Glasspool

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