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Sheerness line
Swale station, with the Sheppey Crossing (l) and Kingsferry Bridge (r)
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Kent South East England
Termini
Sheerness-on-Sea
Sittingbourne
Service
Type
Suburban rail, Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Southeastern
Rolling stock
Class 375
Technical
Line length
7 mi 52 ch (12.3 km)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
75 mph (121 km/h)
Route map
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Legend
Sheerness Dockyard
Sheerness docks
Sheerness Steelworks
51¼
Sheerness-on-Sea
Queenborough Pier
Sheppey Light Railway
49¼
Queenborough
Rushenden Pier
Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt
Kingsferry Bridge
over The Swale
47¼
Swale
Ridham Dock
45¼
Kemsley
44¾
Sittingbourne
Chatham Main Line
to London Victoria | to Ramsgate & Dover
Mileage measured from London Victoria
The Sheerness line is located in Kent, England, and connects Sheerness-on-Sea on the Isle of Sheppey with Sittingbourne on the mainland, and with the Chatham Main Line for trains towards London, Ramsgate or Dover Priory. It opened on 19 July 1860.
Blue Town area of Sheerness, close to the southern edge of the Royal Navy dockyard. In 1883 a further station was added at Sheerness-on-Sea, accessed by...
century, Sheerness acquired the added attractions of a seaside resort. Industry retains its important place in the town and the Port of Sheerness is one...
From December 2019, Class 375/3 units replaced Class 466 units on the Sheernessline due to the latter being non-compliant with the new PRM-TSI law. Unit...
the SheernessLine, on the Isle of Sheppey in northern Kent, and serves the town of Queenborough. It is 49 miles 22 chains (79.3 km) down the line from...
Kent Line via Gravesend and Dartford. A shuttle service operates on the SheernessLine which starts at Sittingbourne. Most services on the Line are run...
station is on the Chatham Main Line and the SheernessLine in north Kent. It is 44 miles 59 chains (72.0 km) down the line from London Victoria. Train services...
station is on the SheernessLine in north Kent, England, and serves the village of Kemsley. It is 45 miles 20 chains (72.8 km) down the line from London Victoria...
routes, mainly the SheernessLine between Sittingbourne and Sheerness, displacing the Class 508/2s which operated on this branch line and on the Bromley...
Swale railway station is in north Kent, England, on the SheernessLine 47 miles 15 chains (75.9 km) from London Victoria, at the southern end of the Kingsferry...
Queenborough, where it connected with the South Eastern and Chatham Railway's SheernessLine. It was engineered by Holman Fred Stephens and opened in August 1901...
Southeastern Hastings Line South Eastern Main Line Thameslink 2,457,352 1868 Sevenoaks Sheerness-on-Sea (SSS) Southeastern SheernessLine 332,398 1883 Swale...
Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s...
Line and the Dartford Loop Line. Bromley North Line Medway Valley Line, some services extended to Tonbridge. SheernessLine South Eastern Trains inherited...
Sheerness Dockyard railway station was the original terminus of the Sheernessline. It was built by the Sittingbourne & Sheerness Railway and opened in...
the M2 and M20 motorways, and to the national rail network via the SheernessLine. A shunting locomotive operates at the dock. The dock is operated by...
London Victoria and located on the Chatham Main Line, close to the junction where it meets the SheernessLine. Opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway...
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Maidstone East line Hothfield Medway Valley line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheernessline Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard...
Maidstone East line Hothfield Medway Valley line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheernessline Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard...
to other shipping companies, but in 1974 Olau Line started a car/passenger ferry services from Sheerness in the United Kingdom to Vlissingen in the Netherlands...
cover the north Kent routes via Chatham and Margate, including the Sheernessline, which had not featured in any previous electrification proposals. Phase...
Light Railway, a tourist attraction. Kemsley railway station is on the SheernessLine. Media related to Kemsley at Wikimedia Commons "2005 Ward Level Population...
Maidstone East line Hothfield Medway Valley line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheernessline Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard...
leaves the Bromley North Line, operated by Class 465s (4 car Networkers). The Bromley North Line, SheernessLine and Medway Valley Line used to be operated...
Chislet Colliery Halt was a minor station on the Ashford to Ramsgate line. It opened in September 1919 and closed in 1971. Chislet Colliery started production...
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