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The Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) Line, shown with other railway lines in Kent. |
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Type | Heavy rail |
System | National Rail |
Status | Operational |
Locale | Kent, South East England |
Stations | 11 |
Operation | |
Owner | Network Rail |
Operator(s) | Southeastern |
Rolling stock | Class 375 "Electrostar" |
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No. of tracks | 2 |
Track gauge | Standard gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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The Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line is the railway that runs from Ashford to Ramsgate via Canterbury West. The same termini can be reached by the Kent Coast Line
The line is electrified (750v DC third rail).
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.
The line was built by South Eastern Railway (SER) as a branch from its mainline. Their rival London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) had already built to Canterbury and Ramsgate.
Upon the merging of the SER and LCDR into the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) the track layout and stations were rationalised at Ashford and on Thanet. In Thanet the SER branch to Margate Sands was closed.
The line was electrified in 1961 under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan.