Route The Hastings And Redhill Lines - Hastings To Tonbridge And Redhill

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  1. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    This Suggestion Composes of 2 Lines Put together, the 32 mile Hastings to Tonbridge Line - Known as the Hastings Line, and the 19 mile link line from Tonbridge to Redhill.

    the route is a key connection for people living in the medway valley, and helpful for those connecting to London

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    TOTAL MILAGE OF THIS ROUTE: 52 Miles




    Base Route Includes:

    Class 375/6 and /7 (New Varients) - South-eastern Livery
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    Class 377/4 in Southern Livery - For Redhill - Tonbridge Services.

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    Layers:

    AI Class 166s at Redhill
    AI 377/4s at Redhill, and around the Hastings Area, as it runs slightly on the East Coastway Line

    KEY AREAS:


    Redhill Station (Links to London Commuter)

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    Tonbridge - An Old Fashioned Town Located on the Edge of the Medway Valley - Also the Terminus for the Hastings Line

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    Battle Station - today is now a very quiet station, set the middle of the Medway Valley, however, it has a dark past, being rumoured to be the place where the Battle of Hastings took place in 1066
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    Tunbridge Wells - a town situated 30 miles from London, and was formally an area of natural beauty

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    Hastings - the terminus of the route, its a seaside town, known for the Battle of Hastings.

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    Route Hopping:


    Redhill - To London Commuter.




    thank you all for reading
     
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  2. azzax333

    azzax333 Well-Known Member

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    I'd love to play this. I like the Tonbridge - Redhill branch too it would be very much suitable for route hopping!
     
  3. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Redhill to Tonbridge could alternatively be added to the North Downs Line as it was once part of this service at least until the Tadpole DEMU years.
     
  4. Concorde9289

    Concorde9289 Well-Known Member

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    Good shout - though I'd personally have the line going as far as Charing Cross as well, it would feel a bit like a missed opportunity without it.
     

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