Kent Coast Line

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Kent Coast Line


		Chatham Main Line - Ramsgate Branch
		To London Victoria and other London termini
		Margate
		Broadstairs

		Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel
		LCDR Ramsgate Harbour Closed 1926
		Dumpton Park
		SER Margate Station Closed 1926

		Ramsgate
		Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line To Ashford
		Sandwich
		Deal
		Walmer
		Martin Mill
		Guston Tunnel
		Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch
		Buckland Junction from Chatham
		Charlton Tunnel
		Dover Priory
		Dover Harbour Tunnel
		Dover Harbour 1861-1927
		Mileage Change 77m76ch (Vic) : 76m50ch (CX)
		Hawkesbury Street Jn
		Connection to Train Ferry

		Admiralty Pier 1860-1909
		Dover Marine 1909-1994
		Dover Town 1844-1914
		Archcliffe Jn
		South Eastern Main Line
		To London Charing Cross and other London termini

The Kent Coast Line is the British railway line that runs from Dover Priory to Margate.

It was electrified (750v DC third rail) by BR under the 1955 modernisation plan.

1 Services
2 History
3 Dover track layout
4 References

[edit] Services

Services are operated by Southeastern.

Typical service is hourly from Charing Cross to Ashford, dividing there into a part to Ramsgate via Canterbury West, and a part via the Kent Coast Line. See South Eastern Main Line.

[edit] History

The South Eastern Railway's (SER) first mainline went to Dover via Folkestone and Ashford. The SER Ashford to Margate and Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line was then extended south to Deal. This was linked up by the "Dover & Deal Joint Railway" with their bitter rival the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR).

Upon the joint management of the SER and LCDR in 1899 the track layout at Ashford rationalised, with Thannet receiving similar treatment (by Southern) in the 1920s.

The line was electrified under the 1955 BR Modernisation plan, in "Kent Coast Electrification (Stage 2)" opening Januray 1961^[1].

[edit] Dover track layout

The Railway Clearing House produced a map that shows the compex layout of this area - see[1]. This shows the separate connection to the pier where trains used to board ferries.

[edit] References

^ Electric Railways. 'Stendec Systems' (2007). Retrieved on March 29, 2007.

v • d • e Railway lines in South-East England:
Main lines:		Arun Valley Line Ashford via Maidstone East Line Ashford-Ramsgate via Canterbury Line Brighton Main Line Chatham Main Line East Coastway Hastings Line Channel Tunnel Rail Link Kent Coast Line North Downs Line Portsmouth Direct Line South Eastern Main Line South Western Main Line Thameslink West Coastway West of England Main Line
Commuter lines:		Alton Line Ascot-Guildford Line Bexleyheath Line Caterham Line Catford Loop Chessington Branch Dartford Loop Eastleigh-Fareham Line Eastleigh-Romsey Line Greenwich Line Hayes Line Hounslow Loop Mid-Kent Line New Guildford Line North Kent Line Nunhead to Lewisham link Oxted Line Sheerness Line Slough-Windsor & Eton Line South London Line Staines-Windsor & Eton Line Staines to Weybridge Line Sutton Mole Valley Line Tattenham Corner Line Waterloo-Reading Line West London Line
Rural lines:		Brockenhurst-Lymington Line Henley Branch Line Island Line Marlow Branch Line Marshlink Line Medway Valley Line Redhill-Tonbridge Line