Station Name:ROSHERVILLE HALT[Source:
Nick Catford]
 A single passenger waits at Rosherville c1910s. Photo from John Mann collection  
1909 1:2,500 OS map shows the layout to the station with a street level building from where a wide bridge gave access to the island platform. A signal box is seen to the south east of the station. The station master's house is seen to the left of the signal box.
Rosherville
station street level entrance building in 1953.
Photo from John Mann collection
 Looking north east at Rosherville station c1950s seen from the footpath and bridge running south from St. Marks Avenue.
Photo from John Mann collection 
The St Marks Avenue footbridge gave a good view of the station. 31295 is seen hauling the 4.46pm service from Gravesend West on 20 September 1952. The passenger service ceased the following year.
Photo by JH Aston 
LCDR R-class 0-4-4t with a service from Farningham Road to Gravesend West in the summer of 1953 a few weeks before passenger services were withdrawn.
Photo from John Mann collection 
Rosherville Halt looking north east in the early 1960's. The wide covered footbridge is clearly visible. The stationmaster's house can be seen above the cutting. Although closed for nearly 30 years when this picture was taken the station appears in good condition. Photo by John L. Smith  Looking north east under St. Marks Avenue (now Cremorne Road) bridge in the c1960 looking towards Gravesend West. The line was singled in 1959.Photo from John Mann collection  In 1968 one track is still in place but the rusty rails indicates that it hasn't been used for some time. The platform is now degraded and all the edge stones have been removed.Photo
by Nick Catford
The overgrown platform was still visible at Rosherville
Halt in c.1980. The stationmaster's house now appears derelict with tiles missing from the roof. Taken from the same viewpoint as the
early 1960's picture above. Photo by Paul Hancock  The site of Rosherville
Halt in October 2007, the cutting has been widened to accommodate Thames Way. Taken from a similar viewpoint to the picture above.
Photo by Paul Hancock 
Looking north east along A226 Thames Way at the site of Rosherville Halt in June 2024.
Photo
by Kirsty Price
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The island platform was located in a cutting and was provided with a covered footbridge from the station buildings above with two wide staircases down to the platform to cater for the expected heavy traffic to the gardens. A signal box was set into a recess in the brick retaining wall on the down side of the station. The station house was sited some distance from the main building. 
The branch to Gravesend West Street opened on by the Gravesend Railway on 17th April 1886 with the first passenger services on the 10th of May 1886. All trains were through to/from London and there were express services linking with river steamers to Walton on the Naze, Clacton and Southend. 
Passenger trains were withdrawn on 3rd August 1953 and the line singled in 1959. The freight service was withdrawn from 24th March 1968 but coal trains for the APCM (Blue Circle) cement works at Northfleet continued until 1976.