Brasted railway station

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Brasted railway station

Brasted was a small station in Brasted, Kent, on the Westerham Valley branch. It opened on 3 July 1881 as part of the Westerham Valley Railway. Soon after, control passed to the South Eastern Railway in August 1881, then to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899, and later to the Southern Railway in 1923. After nationalisation it became part of the Southern Region of British Railways. The Westerham Branch closed on 30 October 1961 due to low use. The track was lifted by 1967 and the station was demolished in 1977 when the M25 motorway was built along the old line. Today the station approach is a works road to the M25, with the access covering the site of the former booking hall. The nearby goods yard was used by a coal merchant and is now derelict and gated. The stationmaster’s house survives to the south. A revival attempt failed because funds could not be raised to rebuild a bridge at Chevening, which had been demolished to widen the A21.