Chatham Main Line

The Chatham Main Line is a railway line in England, It goes to and from London Victoria^[1] to Dover Priory and Ramsgate, It goes via Medway.

Chatham main line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Greater London South East England
Termini	London Victoria Ramsgate Dover Priory
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Southeastern
Rolling stock	Class 375 "Electrostar" Class 395 "Javelin" Class 465 "Networker" Class 466 "Networker"
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	145 km/h (90 mph)

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Legend
London Victoria Grosvenor Road Victoria carriage sidings Grosvenor Bridge River Thames Battersea Park Battersea Park Road Brighton Main Line South West Main Line to London Waterloo all lines to Clapham Junction South London line Factory Junction Stewarts Lane TMD Wandsworth Road Jn Wandsworth Road Voltaire Road Jn Clapham High Street Shepherds Lane Jn Brixton Jn Brixton Atlantic lines to Peckham Rye Jn Catford loop line Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line to Farringdon Herne Hill Portsmouth Line to Tulse Hill West Dulwich Sydenham Hill Sydenham (Hill) or Penge Tunnel 2,141 yards (1,958 m) to Crystal Palace Crystal Palace and South London Junction Rwy Brighton Main Line (London Bridge branch) Penge East Kent House Crystal Palace line Mid-Kent line Hayes–Lewisham Beckenham Junction Catford loop line Shortlands Jn. Shortlands Bromley South Bickley to London Bridge and other London terminals Chislehurst Junction South Eastern Main Line St Mary Cray to Orpington and Tonbridge River Cray Swanley Swanley Junction Maidstone line M25 motorway Farningham Road River Darent Horton Kirby Boys Home Fawkham Junction Longfield to High Speed 1 and former Gravesend West Branch Meopham Sole Street High Speed 1 M2 motorway North Kent Line towards London Medway Valley line to Maidstone Strood Rochester Bridge (LCDR) Rochester Bridge River Medway Goods station Rochester Rochester Common Chatham Central Fort Pitt Tunnel 428 yards (391 m) Chatham Chatham Tunnel 297 yards (272 m) Gillingham Tunnel 897 yards (820 m) Gillingham Gillingham Depot to Chatham Dockyard Rainham Newington Sheerness line Sittingbourne Teynham Faversham Dover branch Ramsgate branch Whitstable Town Whitstable Canterbury & Whitstable Rwy Chestfield & Swalecliffe Hampton pier Herne Bay and Hampton-on-Sea (1861-1863) Herne Bay RAF Manston Birchington-on-Sea Westgate-on-Sea Margate Margate Sands (SER) Selling Margate East Broadstairs Tivoli Dumpton Park Hereson Road (Tunnel Railway) Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel 1,124 yards (1,028 m) Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR) Ramsgate Town (SER) Ramsgate Depot Ramsgate St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt Ashford to Ramsgate line Canterbury East Kent Coast line Bekesbourne Adisham Aylesham Snowdown East Kent Railway Shepherds Well Shepherd's Well Tunnel 2,376 yards (2,173 m) Stonehall and Lydden Halt Kearsney Kent Coast line from Ramsgate Buckland Junction Charlton Tunnel 265 yards (242 m) Priory Tunnel 158 yards (144 m) Dover Priory Dover Harbour Tunnel 684 yards (625 m) Dover Harbour Mileage change 77 mi 76 ch (Victoria) 76 mi 50 ch (Charing Cross) Hawkesbury Street Junction Connection to train ferry Dover Town Pier Junction Archcliffe Junction Admiralty Pier South Eastern Main Line Dover Marine

Services

Train services on the Line are run by Southeastern, Southern. Govia Thameslink Railway run some Thameslink services.

Trains

The following trains are used on the line: Class 465 "Networker", Class 466 "Networker", Class 375 "Electrostar", Class 395 "Javelin" and Class 700 "Desiro City".