Construction of The Line
The engineer for the new line was Thomas Russell Crampton who was one of the directors of the new company. The building of the line took an inordinately long time because of the parlous financial state of the EKR throughout is existence. Contracts were not awarded until 1856 and Contractors were often left unpaid. Thus it was not until January 1858 that the line from Chatham to Faversham was completed. The section from Strood, over the river Medway to Chatham was opened in March 1858. This included the Rochester railway bridge designed by Joseph Cubitt. The railway was built as a single track line (with provision for doubling) throughout its 18.5 miles (29.8 km) length and but had taken five years to raise the finance and build. The branch line to Faversham Creek opened 12 April 1860; the main line as far as Canterbury 9th July 1860, reaching Dover town 22 July 1861 and Dover Harbour 1 November 1861. All of these lines were opened after the EKR had changed its name to the London Chatham and Dover Railway. In the event, the links to the SER at Canterbury and Chilham were never built.
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