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R A I LT R AC K - The Railways Archive

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Chatham Main Line and North Kent continued<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the route improvements we plan to deliver continued<br />

CAPABILITY CHANGES TO <strong>AC</strong>HIEVE ROUTE VISION<br />

JOURNEY TIMES km STOPS CURRENT POSITION 2001 POSITION SUSTAINING THE ROUTE <strong>AC</strong>HIEVING ROUTE VISION<br />

London Charing Cross–Dartford 27 7 27mph (37min) No change No change No change<br />

London Victoria–Chatham 55 1 50mph (41min) No change No change 52mph (40min)<br />

London Victoria–Canterbury East 98 7 45mph (1hr 21min) 48mph (1hr 17min) No change 50mph (1hr 14min)<br />

London Victoria–Ramsgate 127 11 46mph (1hr 43min) No change No change 50mph (1hr 35min)<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 62 62 62 62<br />

40–75mph 333 333 333 333<br />

80–105mph 184 184 184 184<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 578 578 578 578<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 292 292 292 292<br />

W7 58 58 58 58<br />

W8 53 53 53 53<br />

W9 0 0 0 0<br />

W10 0 0 0 0<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 10 10 10 10<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 27 27 27 27<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 541 541 541 541<br />

TOTAL 578 578 578 578<br />

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