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One of my family lived not far from there in the 1970s and 1980s but when we visited we always drove. As a small kid I didn't have a choicce. I always looked out for the signpost pointing to the station as we neared her house. So when a trip was planned along the line I checked on Google maps and saw that Cuxton still had a brick building so I decided that a stop there would be a must!
Arriving on the Strood bound platform the first thing that struck me was the limited space between the building and the platform edge and that leads to one of the exits of the station, the other is other end of the building and leading into the carpark. The car park is over grown and empty.
The building is really suffering from neglect. Nature is taking over the at the rear of the building and all the doors and windows are securely boarded up. The station really suffers from being unloved.
I took a walk out of the station environs and down towards the housing only to find the entry to the car park is blocked off with concrete.
Back at the station the signal box is on the opoposite side of the level crossing to the station and still boasts NSE signage.
The Paddock Wood bound platform boast little to nothing of interest at all. There was once a wooden shelter but today there is nothing more than metal benches and shelter that is open to the elements. Not someone you would want to stand on a cold and raining day.
The footbridge ahas clearly seen better days and while it is safe to use it looks rusty and tired.
It is such a shame as a bit of love may rejuvenate the station.
History
Opened on 18th June 1856, Cuxton serves the small town of the same name and is only 2 miles and 25 chains from Strood. The station was unstaffed and the APTIS tiket machine withdrawn in the September of 1989. The Signal bOxis still in use for the control of the level Crossing which uses manually operated barried afer the wooden level crossing gates were removed.
Services
Monday to Saturdays is usually a half hourly service and sundays a hourly service that is worked by Southeastern's class 375/3s.
