Marshlink Line - Description of Route

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
  • 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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