Tsw2- Sheerness Branch

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  1. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    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 and Ramsgate

    the stations:

    kemsley

    The station was opened by the Southern Railway as Kemsley Halt on 1 January 1927. It was renamed to Kemsley by British Rail on 5 May 1969.


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    Swale:

    The Station was renamed Kings Ferry Bridge Halt on this date. The name was changed to Swale Halt in 1929. With the building of the new Kingsferry Bridge in 1960, a new station was constructed, opening on 20 April 1960. The station is the nearest to Ridham Dock and was built by British Railways. It is also the least used station in Kent at just 20 passengers a year

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    Queenborough:

    Queenborough Pier railway station renamed to Queenborough was a railway station opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1863. Initially serving for freight, it was extended in 1876 and opened for passengers. The passenger service ceased in 1914, due to World War I, although Admiralty passenger traffic continued to use the station

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    Sheerness on sea:

    In 1856 Sheerness on Sea formed one of the stations on the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, which was built to link the Isle of Sheppey to Sittingbourne by crossing the River Swale. Passengers services were withdrawn 8th November 1914 due to World War one and it wasn't until 1922 that the service was resumed.

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    The locos:



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    The British Rail Class 466 Networker is a class of 43 electric multiple units were built by Metro Cammell in 1993 and 1994. The units are operated by Southeastern.
     
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  2. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    Don't know why people are so interested in this line in it's current form
    One train an hour each way, two intermediate stations one of which is the lowest used in Kent.
    The only really interesting bit would be if you got to Swale and the Kingsferry Bridge was raised
    There is a disused stub platform at Queenborough, but the sidings both north and south of the station are not used, indeed the southern ones have been built over.
    And lastly the 466s have mainly been replaced by 375/3s (the 3 car variant) so the 466 wouldn't be true at the moment either.

    Queenborough Pier and Queenborough were two different stations although very close to each other
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenborough_Pier_railway_station
     
  3. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Good suggestion.
     
  4. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Sheerness branch was one of the first route scenery extensions for TS so could be for TSW as well.
     

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