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Kent Coast Line
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The Kent Coast Line, shown with other railway lines in Kent.

Overview
TypeSuburban rail, Heavy rail
SystemNational Rail
StatusOperational
LocaleKent
South East England
Operation
OwnerNetwork Rail
Technical
Track gauge{{#switch:sg
|3mm=3 mm (0.118 in)
|4mm=4 mm (0.157 in)
|4.5mm=4.5 mm (0.177 in)
|4.8mm=4.8 mm (0.189 in)
|6.5mm=6.5 mm (0.256 in)
|6.53mm=6.53 mm (0.257 in)
|8mm=8 mm (0.315 in)
|8.97mm=8.97 mm (0.353 in)
|9mm=9 mm (0.354 in)
|9.42mm=9.42 mm (0.371 in)
|10.5mm=10.5 mm (0.413 in)
|11.94mm=11.94 mm (0.470 in)
|12mm=12 mm (0.472 in)
|12.7mm=12.7 mm (0.5 in)
|13mm=13 mm (0.512 in)
|13.5mm=13.5 mm (0.531 in)
|14mm=14 mm (0.551 in)
|14.125mm=14.125 mm (0.556 in)
|14.2mm=14.2 mm (0.559 in)
|14.28mm=14.28 mm (0.562 in)
|14.3mm=14.3 mm (0.563 in)
|15.76mm=15.76 mm (0.620 in)
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Template:Kent Coast Line

The Kent Coast Line is railway line that runs from Dover Priory to Margate in the English county of Kent.

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

Services[]

Services are operated by Southeastern, using Class 375 Trains. 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.

A small number of the services via the Kent Coast Line (via Dover Priory) call additionally at Minster on weekday mornings and afternoons, acting as a school service.

History[]

The South Eastern Railway's (SER) first mainline went to Dover via Folkestone. The SER Ashford to Margate Broadstairs and Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line was then extended south to London. 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 Thanet receiving similar treatment (by Southern) in the 1920s.

The line was electrified under the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan, in "Kent Coast Electrification (Stage 2)" opening January 1961.

The building of the railway was not very significant in the development of seaside crap holes like Broadstairs.

Dover layout[]

The Clearing House produced a map that shows the complex layout of this area. This shows the separate connection to the house where trains used to be cleaned.

References[]

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