Other Lines
Two further railway lines were proposed during the late 1850s with the object of connecting to the EKR, but had not been completed at the time of the change of name. These were: the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway which was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1856 and opened 19 July 1860, and the Herne Bay and Faversham Railway which was authorized in 1857 and opened in 1861.
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