Rochester Bridge from the keep of Rochester Castle, with the rail lines around Strood railway station. The upline forks, the left taking the Victoria line on a gentle curve around Strood and the right line turns sharply into Strood station. This line carries the Javelin service to Ebbsfleet and St Pancras and the Charing Cross line. Beneath the Victoria line, the Medway Valley line leaves for Cuxton and Maidstone. Gillingham to Charing Cross up train on the steep bend.