Major long-distance railway line in south-east England
South Eastern Main Line
Southeastern electric multiple units at Charing Cross in 2009
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Greater London
South East England
Termini
London Charing Cross
London Cannon Street
Dover Priory
Stations
29
Service
Type
Commuter rail, Regional Rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
SE Trains
Depot(s)
Grove Park Sidings
Ramsgate EMUD
Tonbridge Jubilee Sidings
Rolling stock
Class 375 "Electrostar"
Class 376 "Electrostar"
Class 377 "Electrostar"
Class 395 "Javelin"
Class 465 "Networker"
Class 466 "Networker"
Class 707 "Citybeam"
History
Opened
1842–44 in stages
Technical
Line length
77mi 23ch (124.38 km)
Number of tracks
5 (across Hungerford Bridge)
4 (Charing Cross–Borough Market)
2 (Borough Market–London Bridge)
12 (London Bridge–Bermondsey split including Brighton lines)
5 to 6 (Bermondsey split–New Cross)
4 (New Cross–Orpington)
2 (Orpington–Dover)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
750 V DC third rail
Operating speed
100 mph (161 km/h) maximum
Route map
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South Eastern Main Line
Legend
London Charing Cross
South West Main Line
Hungerford Bridge
over River Thames
London Waterloo
London Waterloo East
Thameslink
London Blackfriars
London Cannon Street
London Bridge
River Thames
South London line
to South London line
East London line
Greenwich line
New Cross Gate
New Cross
Brighton Main Line
Tanners Hill Flydown
St Johns
Greenwich Park branch line
to Nunhead
Docklands Light Railway
Lewisham
Mid-Kent line
North Kent Line
Hither Green
Dartford Loop Line
Grove Park
Bromley North Line
Elmstead Woods
Chislehurst
Chatham Main Line
Chislehurst Junction
Petts Wood
Orpington
Chelsfield
Knockholt
Dunton Green
to Swanley
Sevenoaks
Hildenborough
Redhill–Tonbridge line
Tonbridge
Hastings line
Paddock Wood
Medway Valley line
Marden
Staplehurst
Headcorn
Pluckley
High Speed 1
Maidstone line
Ashford International
Marshlink line
Ashford to Ramsgate line
Westenhanger
High Speed 1
Sandling
Dollands Moor Freight Yard
Folkestone West
to Channel Tunnel
Folkestone Central
Dover Priory
Kent Coast line
Chatham Main Line
A detailed diagram of the line can be found at South Eastern Main Line diagram
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.
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