Description of Route
The stations on the route are listed below:
- Ashford International
- Ham Street: was Ham Street & Orlestone
- Appledore: the station's formal name includes (Kent) in its title, although Appledore (Devon) station closed in 1917
- Freight-only line diverges to serve Dungeness nuclear power station, operated by Direct Rail Services. The branch originally served both New Romney and Dungeness: there were stations at:
- Brookland
- Lydd Town
- Lydd-on-Sea Halt
- Greatstone-on-Sea Halt
- New Romney
- Dungeness was closed to passengers in 1937; and completely in 1953
- all were closed to passengers on 6 March 1967
- Freight-only line diverges to serve Dungeness nuclear power station, operated by Direct Rail Services. The branch originally served both New Romney and Dungeness: there were stations at:
- At Appledore the double line becomes single track
- Rye
- here there was, until 1962, the branch to Rye Harbour, opened in 1854
- Winchelsea
- Doleham
- Three Oaks
- Ore Tunnel
- here the line is doubled and electrified (originally for access to the carriage sidings at Ore but since removal of these sidings they are just used by service trains)
- Ore
- Mount Pleasant Tunnel
- Hastings
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