SOUTHERN REGION: 1.08pm CHARING CROSS-RAMSGATE Engine: Rebuilt West Country class 4-6-2 no 34027 Taw Valley Load: 10 coaches, 337 tons tare, 350 tons full ----------------------------------------------------- miles sch m/sec mi/hr ----------------------------------------------------- 0.00 WATERLOO EAST 0 0:00 1.10 LONDON BRIDGE 3 3:39 31 4.08 New Cross 7 7:56 48 4.82 St Johns sigs 6.42 Hither Green 10 12:16 34 8.20 Grove Park 15:20 34/33 9.49 Elmstead Woods 17:38 34 10.47 Chiselhurst 16 19:30 40 11.92 Petts Wood 21:15 42 13.05 Orpington 21 22:56 45 14.55 Chelsfield 26:00 40 15.77 Knockholt p.w.s 18.48 Polhill SB 31:49 54 19.80 Dunton Green 33:13 62 21.35 SEVENOAKS 31 34:42 56 21.89 Sevenoaks Tunnel W 35:20 55 24.31 Weald SB 37:46 62 26.26 Hildenborough 39:31 68/71 28.76 TONBRIDGE 39 42:14 43* 30.48 mp 31.25 44:25 49 32.23 mp 33 46:19 62 34.05 PADDOCK WOOD 46 p.w.s 40* 36.23 mp 37 (Collier St) 50:59 56 38.64 Marden 53:25 61/58 41.10 Staplehurst 55:50 66/68 44.47 Headcorn 58:47 66/67 46.98 mp 47.75 (Swifts Green) 61:10 61 48.48 mp 49.25 62:38 59 49.67 Pluckley 63:48 65 53.23 mp 54 (Chart Sdg) 67:14 60 55.36 ASHFORD 68 70:35 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0.00 1.87 mp 58 (Sevington) 4:26 40 4.28 Smeeth 7:26 52 6.12 mp 62.25 (Herringe) 9:32 54 8.04 Westenhanger 11:43 53 9.31 Sandling Junction 13:01 60/66 11.87 mp 68 (Cheriton) 15:30 56 13.12 Shorncliffe 18 17:38 ----- -- ----- 0.00 0 0.00 0.66 FOLKESTONE CENTRAL 3 2:25 ---- -- ----- Date: 19th May 1959: THE MAN OF KENT dep: Waterloo East 1.12pm..1 late arr: Folkestone Central 2.48pm..5 late ----------------------------------------------------- Day Trips to Kent Steam 1954-1967 Archives Page