11-612: (Redirected from Swales ) [REDACTED] Look up swale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swale or Swales may refer to: Topography [ edit ] Swale (landform) , a low tract of land Bioswale , landform designed to remove silt and pollution Swales, found in the formation of Hummocky cross-stratification Geography [ edit ] River Swale , in North Yorkshire, England The Swale ,
22-519: A channel separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, England Borough of Swale , a local government district in Kent, England Swale railway station Other uses [ edit ] Swale (horse) , an American Thoroughbred racehorse Swales (surname) , a surname Swales Aerospace , a U.S. aerospace and defense company from 1978 to 2007, founded by Tom Swales Topics referred to by
33-581: A surname Swales Aerospace , a U.S. aerospace and defense company from 1978 to 2007, founded by Tom Swales Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Swale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swale&oldid=1042656348 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
44-584: Is Iwade . Train services are provided by Southeastern . Swale is a single platform station with one curving platform. It is immediately adjacent to the A249 road which is on a flyover above the station before it crosses The Swale on the Sheppey Crossing. The station is named after The Swale, the channel which separates the Isle of Sheppey from the mainland and connects with the River Medway to
55-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages swale [REDACTED] Look up swale in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swale or Swales may refer to: Topography [ edit ] Swale (landform) , a low tract of land Bioswale , landform designed to remove silt and pollution Swales, found in
66-628: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Swale railway station Swale railway station is in north Kent , England, on the Sheerness Line 47 miles 15 chains (75.9 km) from London Victoria , at the southern end of the Kingsferry Bridge which, along with the more modern Sheppey Crossing , connects the Isle of Sheppey to mainland Kent. The nearest settlement
77-469: The North halt closed. The station was renamed Kings Ferry Bridge Halt on this date. The name was changed to Swale Halt in 1929. With the building of the new Kingsferry Bridge in 1960, a new station was constructed by British Railways on a different alignment, opening on 20 April 1960. In 2005 the idea of closing Swale station, or at least replacing its train service with a token service (e.g. one train
88-537: The Norwegian cargo ship Gyp collided with the Kingsferry Bridge, rendering it unfit for rail traffic, and the station was renamed Kings Ferry Bridge South Halt , and opened to the public, who were able to walk across the bridge to a temporary station at Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt to continue their journeys. This arrangement continued until 1 November 1923, when the bridge reopened to traffic and
99-429: The formation of Hummocky cross-stratification Geography [ edit ] River Swale , in North Yorkshire, England The Swale , a channel separating mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, England Borough of Swale , a local government district in Kent, England Swale railway station Other uses [ edit ] Swale (horse) , an American Thoroughbred racehorse Swales (surname) ,
110-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Swale . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swale&oldid=1042656348 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-487: The west and Thames Estuary to the west. North of the station, the railway line crosses the channel on the Kingsferry Bridge. Ridham Dock lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the station. Swale Station was, for many years, the least-used station in Kent , until, in the 2021/22 statistics, it was overtaken by Kemsing . The station was opened in 1913 as a staff halt, called Kings Ferry Bridge Halt . On 17 December 1922,
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