Folkestone Central railway station
Folkestone Central railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, and is the main station serving the town of Folkestone, Kent. It is 69 miles 73 chains (112.5 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. All trains that call are operated by Southeastern.
View taken in the 1990s before the up platform (on the left) was closed and all trains use the down platform (on the right).
The South Eastern Main Line is a major long-distance railway route in South East England, UK, one of the three main routes crossing the county of Kent, going via Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford and Folkestone to Dover. The other routes are the Chatham Main Line which runs along the north Kent coast to Ramsgate or Dover via Chatham and High Speed 1 which runs through the centre of Kent to the coast at Folkestone where it joins the Channel Tunnel.
Southeastern electric multiple units at Charing Cross in 2009
Railways in the south east that were built, authorised or under construction by 1840
The viaduct over the Foord Gap
Electric multiple units at Orpington, 1928. Two 3-car units sandwich a 2-car trailer set.