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Chatham main line

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The Chatham main line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway (of which the town of Chatham is part, hence the name). [1]

55 relations: Ashford International railway station, Beckenham Junction station, British Rail Class 375, British Rail Class 395, British Rail Class 465, British Rail Class 466, British Rail Class 700, Brixton railway station, Bromley South railway station, Cannon Street station, Catford Loop Line, Chatham railway station, Chatham, Kent, Commuter rail, Dartford railway station, Direct current, Dover Priory railway station, Eurostar, Farningham Road railway station, Fawkham Junction, Gillingham railway station (Kent), Gillingham, Kent, Govia, Govia Thameslink Railway, Gravesend railway station, Greater London, Herne Hill railway station, High Speed 1, London Victoria station, London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Medway, National Rail, Network Rail, North Kent Line, Railway Clearing House, Railway electrification in Great Britain, Rainham railway station (Kent), Ramsgate railway station, River Medway, Rochester railway station, Sheerness line, Sittingbourne railway station, South East England, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, South Eastern main line, South Eastern Railway, UK, Southeastern (train operating company), Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway), Southern Railway (UK), Southern Region of British Railways, ..., Thameslink, Thameslink and Great Northern, Third rail, Volt, Waterloo International railway station. Expand index (5 more) »

Ashford International railway station

Ashford International railway station is a National Rail international and regional station on the High Speed 1, South Eastern Main Line and Marshlink Line in England, United Kingdom, serving the town of Ashford, Kent.

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Beckenham Junction station

Beckenham Junction is the main railway and tram station in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, south London.

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British Rail Class 375

The British Rail Class 375 is an electric multiple unit train that was built by Bombardier Transportation (previously Adtranz) at Derby Litchurch Lane Works, from 1999 to 2005.

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British Rail Class 395

The Class 395 Javelin is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) built for high-speed commuter services on High Speed 1 and elsewhere on the Integrated Kent Franchise. The six-car trains were built in Japan by Hitachi and operate at a maximum speed of under 25 kV AC overhead electrification on High Speed 1, and on 750 V DC third rail supply on conventional lines. The use of the high-speed trains as part of the transport infrastructure for the Olympic Park formed part of the original bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The service was named the Olympic Javelin Shuttle, and was the origin for the Javelin nickname. The Olympic services began 28 July 2012.

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British Rail Class 465

The British Rail Class 465 Networker electric multiple units were built by GEC Alsthom, and by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) between 1991 and 1993 and then ABB Rail between 1993 and 1994.

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British Rail Class 466

The British Rail Class 466 Networker electric multiple units were built by GEC Alsthom between 1993 and 1994, which operates with EMUs in southeast London and Kent on the Southeastern network.

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British Rail Class 700

The British Rail Class 700 is an electric multiple-unit passenger train built between 2014 and 2018 for Thameslink as part of the Thameslink Programme in the United Kingdom.

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Brixton railway station

Brixton railway station is a commuter railway station in Brixton, South London, UK.

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Bromley South railway station

Bromley South railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town centre and high street of Bromley, south-east London.

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Cannon Street station

Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Travelcard zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of London and managed by Network Rail.

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Catford Loop Line

The Catford Loop Line is a railway line in southeast London.

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Chatham railway station

Chatham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Chatham, Kent.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre and middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis.

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Dartford railway station

Dartford railway station serves the town of Dartford in Kent, England.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.

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Dover Priory railway station

Dover Priory railway station is the southern terminus of the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Dover, Kent, the other open station being, on the outskirts.

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Eurostar

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Amsterdam, Avignon, Brussels, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris and Rotterdam.

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Farningham Road railway station

Farningham Road railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the villages of Farningham, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Kent.

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Fawkham Junction

Fawkham Junction is a railway junction that currently connects High Speed 1 with the Kent Rail Network.

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Gillingham railway station (Kent)

Gillingham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Gillingham, Kent.

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Gillingham, Kent

Gillingham is a town in the county of Kent in South East England.

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Govia

Govia is a transport company based in the United Kingdom.

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Govia Thameslink Railway

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is a train operating company that operates the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchise in England.

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Gravesend railway station

Gravesend railway station serves the town of Gravesend in north Kent, England.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Herne Hill railway station

Herne Hill railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England, on the boundary between London fare zones 2 and 3.

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High Speed 1

High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway between London and the United Kingdom end of the Channel Tunnel.

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London Victoria station

Victoria station, also known as London Victoria, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Victoria, in the City of Westminster, managed by Network Rail.

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London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given Parliamentary approval to change its name.

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Medway

Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in Kent in the region of South East England.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) in the United Kingdom is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Network Rail

Network Rail is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales.

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North Kent Line

The North Kent Line is a railway which runs from a junction of Britain's South East Main Line, east of St Johns railway station, Greater London to a point south-west of station by the River Medway in Medway where it links to the Chatham Main Line.

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Railway Clearing House

The British Railway Clearing House (RCH) was an organisation set up to manage the allocation of revenue collected by pre-grouping railway companies of fares and charges paid for passengers and goods travelling over the lines of other companies.

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Railway electrification in Great Britain

Railway electrification in Great Britain began during the late 19th century.

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Rainham railway station (Kent)

Rainham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rainham, Kent.

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Ramsgate railway station

Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England, and is at least 10 minutes' walk from the town centre.

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River Medway

The River Medway is a river in South East England.

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Rochester railway station

Rochester railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Rochester, Kent.

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Sheerness line

The Sheerness line is located in Kent, England, and connects on the Isle of Sheppey with on the mainland, and with the Chatham Main Line for trains towards London, Ramsgate or Dover Priory.

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Sittingbourne railway station

Sittingbourne railway station is on the Chatham Main Line and the Sheerness Line in north Kent.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee (SE&CRCJMC),Awdry (1990), page 199 known as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SE&CR), was a working union of two neighbouring rival railways, the South Eastern Railway (SER) and London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LC&DR), which operated between London and south-east England.

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South Eastern main line

The South Eastern main line is a major long-distance railway route in South East England, UK, one of the two main routes crossing the county of Kent, going via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover.

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South Eastern Railway, UK

The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.

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Southeastern (train operating company)

London & South Eastern Railway Limited, trading as Southeastern, is a British train operating company owned by the Anglo-French joint venture Govia that provides rail services in South East England.

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Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)

Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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Southern Region of British Railways

The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised.

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Thameslink

Thameslink is a 24 hour, 115-station main-line route in the British railway system running from,, and via central London to Sutton,, and.

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Thameslink and Great Northern

Thameslink and Great Northern are the brand names used by the Govia Thameslink Railway train operating company on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, previously operated by First Capital Connect.

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Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.

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Waterloo International railway station

Waterloo International station was the London terminus of the Eurostar international rail service from its opening on 14 November 1994 until it closed on 13 November 2007 when it was replaced by St Pancras as the terminal for international rail services.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_main_line

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