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Power Station Road, SHEERNESS, ME12 3AD

On the left is a Chainstore premises, on the right are houses that were built on the former trackbed of The Sheppey Light Railway which according to http://www.sheppeywebsite.co.uk/index.php?id=95 opened on 1 August 1901 and closed on 4 December 1950. The total length was 8 miles 52 chains. It ran from Queenborough (where there was a north-facing bay platform on the east side of the station) to Leysdown with intermediate stations at Sheerness East, East Minster-on-Sea (which was actually west of Minster), Minster-on-Sea (they're only given as Minster in the link), Brambledown Halt, Eastchurch and Harty Road Halt. Today, one can trace most of the route from the air and on the Ordnance Survey map (Explorer 149). On the ground, one can find sections overgrown with grass, brambles and trees, sections built over (as here), sections concreted over to form a permanent way or landscaped to form paths for pedestrians. In the distance is one of the buildings of Image

Planning permission has been granted by Swale Borough Council under application number 15/508025/REM as the “approval of reserved matters for residential redevelopment of 142 dwellings together with access roads, footpaths, drainage, associated car/bicycle parking provision, groundwork's, landscaping, open space and infrastructure (all matters being sought except access)”. The location is the former Image site.

The houses were built on the former trackbed of The Sheppey Light Railway which according to http://www.sheppeywebsite.co.uk/index.php?id=95 opened on 1 August 1901 and closed on 4 December 1950. The total length was 8 miles 52 chains. It ran from Queenborough (where there was a north-facing bay platform on the east side of the station) to Leysdown with intermediate stations at Sheerness East (which was situated at the far end of this road), East Minster-on-Sea (which was actually west of Minster), Minster-on-Sea (they're only given as Minster in the link), Brambledown Halt, Eastchurch and Harty Road Halt. Today, one can trace most of the route from the air and on the Ordnance Survey map (Explorer 149). On the ground, one can find sections overgrown with grass, brambles and trees, sections built over (as here), sections concreted over to form a permanent way or landscaped to form paths for pedestrians.

The Sheppey Light Railway ran from Queenborough to Leysdown-on-Sea. It was built to the designs of the renowned light railway engineer, Colonel Fred Holman Stephens, and was opened in 1901. Traffic was never busy on the line and it was taken over by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1905, finally closing in 1950. This view shows the route of the dismantled railway, east of the former Sheerness East station, along Power Station Road.

The Sheppey Light Railway ran from Queenborough to Leysdown-on-Sea. It was built to the designs of the renowned light railway engineer, Colonel Fred Holman Stephens, and was opened in 1901. Traffic was never busy on the line and it was taken over by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1905, finally closing in 1950. The railway crossed over Halfway Road here by means of a level crossing, and the first station along the line from Queenborough was on the other side of the present day roundabout, about where the No Through Road sign is now. Incidentally the road ahead that followed the old track is the endearingly named Power Station Road.

Situated in Power Station Road and subject to local debate to use the site for a Morrison supermarket http://www.kentonline.co.uk/times_guardian/news/2012/may/22/petition_to_support_morrisons.aspx

This site was most recently used by HBC Engineering.

Planning permission has been granted by Swale Borough Council under application number 15/508025/REM as the “approval of reserved matters for residential redevelopment of 142 dwellings together with access roads, footpaths, drainage, associated car/bicycle parking provision, groundwork's, landscaping, open space and infrastructure (all matters being sought except access)”. The location is the former Image site.