The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

Bank of London.

The lines promoted by the London and Croydon Railway Com-
pany have been modified, improved, and extended, as further ac-
quaintance with the requirements of the districts, and the capabili-
ties and advantages of the atmospheric system have rendered ex -
pedient. They were originally designed with a view to shorten and
improve the railway communication between the metropolis and
Dover, and, at the same time, to affor4 the greatest amount of rail-
way accommodation to the county of Kent, and those two important
objects have been steadily kept in view.
As now remodelled, the lines will give direct and independent
railway communication from London to Gravesend, Rochester, Chat-
ham, Faversham, Sevesoaks, Tonbridge, Maidstone, Ashford, Canter-
bury, Dever, and Deal. The distance to these towns respectively
will scarcely exceed that by the present turnpike roads.

The lines will likewise materially shorten and improve the railway
communication to Margate, Ramsgate, and the Isle of Thanet gene-
rally, and place the assize town of Maidstone and the city of Can-
terbury on the main road between London and the Continent, and in
direct railway communication with each other, and with every im-
portant town in the county.

The main line will pass through the centre of the county by Lewis-
ham, Bromley, the Mailings, Maidstone, Faversham, and Canter-
bury to Dover and Deal, joining the South-Eastern line by branches
to Sevenoakes, Tonbridge, and Ashford.
The northern loop will proceed by Eltham, Dartford, Gravesend,
Rochester, Chatham, and thence up the valley of the Medway to
Maidstone, where it will fall in with the main line.
The entire scheme of railway communication thus described has
been carefully examined in detail, and is found to be most favourable
both as regards the nature of the gradients and the character of the
worbs, there being no gradient on the main line steeper than that
now daily worked over by the trains of the Brighten, Croydon, and
Dover Railway Companies.
By the connexion with the Croydon Railway Company, access
will be obtained upon favourable terms to the best m,tropolitan
stations, and facilities will be secured for the application of the atmos-
pheric system of traction throughout.
The recent demonstration of the capabilities of this principle on the
Croydon Railway justifies the assertion, that by these lines all the
principal towns of Kent will be brought within a short journey of
London by the ordinary trains; and as the atmospheric principle
involves the expediency of frequent trains, and frequent trains that of
low fares, it follows that the public will derive the benefit of great
speed, increased accommodation, and low charges, in addition to the
safety which is inherent in the system.
The advantages which will result to the public from the adoption
of these lines may be reduced to the following tabular form :

Time
occupied Fares by ordinary Distance Minimum
Name of in journey trains,
from number of
Town. Ist 2d 3e; r ordinary
train London. ordillary r------A----,
trains.* Class. Class. Class, daily.
y—. ---- —. .
h• m. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Bromley .. 8N miles about 20 1 1 0 9 0 7
Sevenoaks 21 .. I 040 2 8 1 9 1 4 12 each
Tonbridge 29 .. 050 3 8 2 5 110 way; and
Maidstone 35 • • 1 0 4 6 3 0 2 3 second
Charing .. 48% 1 21 6 0 4 0 3 0 and third-
Ashford .. 54 .. 1 27 6 9 4 6 3 6 class =-
Dartford .. 14 .. 025 1 9 1 2 011 riages with
Gravesend 21 .. 0 40 2 8 1 9 1 4 at least
Rochester 29 .. 0 80 3 8 2 5 110 two-thirds
Chatham .. 30 .. 0 50 3 9 2 6 111 of that
Faversham 53 .. 1 25 6 9 4 6 3 6 number.
Canterbury 59% .. 1 30 7 6 5 0 2 9
Deal 75% .. 2 0 9 9 6 6 5 0
Dover ... •76 • • 2 0 9 9 6 6 5 0