page_title: Chatham main line
hierarchical_section_title: Chatham main line
caption_attribution_description: English: A train.
context_page_description: The Chatham main line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway.
  Services to Cannon Street follow the route as far as St Mary Cray Junction where they diverge onto the South Eastern main line near Chislehurst.
  Thameslink services to Luton run in parallel from Rainham to Rochester, diverging once across the River Medway at Rochester Bridge Junction onto the North Kent Line via Gravesend and Dartford.
  A shuttle service operates on the Sheerness Line which starts at Sittingbourne.
  Heading away from Victoria, between Farningham Road and Longfield Stations, the line which was originally used by Eurostar trains travelling from Waterloo International towards Fawkham Junction to access High Speed 1 still exists, but is currently not in use. At one time this line was reserved for emergency use only by Class 395 Javelins travelling to/from Ashford International but, as the route knowledge has not been updated, no trains run on this line any more.
context_section_description: The Chatham main line is a railway line in England that links London Victoria and Dover Priory / Ramsgate, travelling via Medway (of which the town of Chatham is part, hence the name).
  Services to Cannon Street follow the route as far as St Mary Cray Junction where they diverge onto the South Eastern main line near Chislehurst.
  Thameslink services to Luton run in parallel from Rainham to Rochester, diverging once across the River Medway at Rochester Bridge Junction onto the North Kent Line via Gravesend and Dartford.
  A shuttle service operates on the Sheerness Line which starts at Sittingbourne.
  Heading away from Victoria, between Farningham Road and Longfield Stations, the line which was originally used by Eurostar trains travelling from Waterloo International towards Fawkham Junction to access High Speed 1 still exists, but is currently not in use. At one time this line was reserved for emergency use only by Class 395 Javelins travelling to/from Ashford International but, as the route knowledge has not been updated, no trains run on this line any more. The Eurostar trains can no longer use this line as the Class 373 "Eurostar e300" trains had their 750V DC third rail shoes removed in 2007, whilst the new Class 374 "Eurostar e320" trains are not fitted with third rail equipment.
caption: Southeastern Class 395 Javelin at Faversham in 2019
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