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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.
Ashford International railway station is a National Rail station in Ashford, Kent, England. It connects several railway lines, including High Speed 1 and the South Eastern Main Line. Services are operated by Southeastern and Southern.
The international terminal concourse
Ashford station in 1957
The station in 1990, before being rebuilt later that decade