Expansion Southeastern Highspeed Expansion

Expand from Favesham down to Ashford International via Canterbury and Dover plus Margate

 

Not this again. They're not going to expand the route a second time.

Anything new on the Southeastern network will only come as it's own route, not as an extension for a route that's already been extended once.

 

Not another one. Please no.

 

1 expansion is enough. Just in general, there's too many southern UK routes.

 

It’s probably a good suggestion, sure other stuff should probably come first but I wouldn’t be disappointed at all if it happened, it would be a good thing.

 

Actually, there's more northern routes.

Southern routes:
1. East Coastway - Brighton to Eastbourne & Seaford branch
2. BML - London Victoria to Brighton
3. Southeastern High Speed - St Pancras to Ashford and Dartford to Faversham (extended to Ashford and Dartford for TSW3)

That's only 3 (4 if the extended SEHS is counted separate. WCL doesn't count.

There are no "vintage" southern routes would be the better phrase.

 

define northern, I’m only joking we won’t agree

 

I'll just say anything that's not third rail or electrostar is northern (discounting the Merseyrail network).

 

defintely not agreeing

 

I have suggested a similar line before but starting from Ashford International Station, then known only as Ashford Station, set in the 1930s when the Golden Arrow service was running down to Dover Marine. The image below is of Ashford Station as it would have been in the 1930s and on the right you can see a locomotive with the Golden Arrow across the front.

As well as going to Dover Marine station, the route can go on around the corner to Dover Priory. The image below shows Dover Priory Station and then Dover Marine Station just below that in the 1930s.



This website shows a lot more information including timetables, the route and ticket types. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/dover_western_docks/

 

SEHSX got plenty of love and attention, let's move on to other routes!!

 

Actually there are pretty much the same amount of southern and non southern routes

 

I haven’t counted but an equal amount in that case is a higher amount, as the others must be made up of other categories (a group category), Scotland & Northern & midlands and therefore dividing them to a single category like the south is shows a larger disparity

 

That is the problem. Look how smaller area of Britain the 'South', or for what I think you mean, the South east is. If there are the same amount of routes in that small area as the rest of Britain then the rest of Britain certainly needs more routes!
For goodness sake there are whole areas like East Anglia or Cumbria without routes, in fact even a whole country, though it is only Wales!

 

Can’t link to where he said it, but the EP Mr Peddlesen emphatically ruled out any further work being done to SEHS, time to move on I think were his words.

Even if they do another southern England third rail (or even better DEMU route) there are plenty of areas away from North Kent which would be of greater interest, the most often requested being part of the South Western main line from Waterloo down to Weymouth, whichever era fulfills your requirements.

 

Any era would be good!!

 

Personally I either want to come storming up Bincombe Bank out of Weymouth with a 33/1 on max power pushing an eight car TC formation, or 90 MPH through the New Forest with a 4 REP tractor unit, also with 2 x 4TC in tow.