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London, Chatham And Dover Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![A BR 4-CEP unit stands at Canterbury East in 1975.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1975]](/images/13000/13358.jpg "Canterbury East")
![BR Southern Region 4 car EMU no. 7890 arriving at Canterbury East in July 1975 on a London Victoria - Dover service. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1975]](/images/36000/36221.jpg "Canterbury East")
![Both platforms occupied at Canterbury East on an overcast July day in 1975. 4CIG unit 7890 (left) is heading for Dover, while standing alongside is 4CEP unit 7119, bound for London Victoria.<br><br>[John McIntyre /07/1975]](/images/48000/48346.jpg "Canterbury East")
![Last days at Holborn Viaduct, with 4EPB and 2HAP units standing at the buffer stops in December 1989. The station finally closed at the end of January 1990 following the opening of the new City Thameslink station on the revived north - south route through Snow Hill tunnel [see image 5243].<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /12/1989]](/images/35000/35275.jpg "Holborn Viaduct")
![Last days at Holborn Viaduct, December 1989.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /12/1989]](/images/35000/35334.jpg "Holborn Viaduct")
![Near the end. Holborn Viaduct (1874 - 1990) bathed in winter sunshine. Photographed in December 1989, a month before final closure. [See image 35334]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /12/1989]](/images/35000/35732.jpg "Holborn Viaduct")
![Looking north along platform 4 at Blackfriars in August 1993 towards the station concourse. The dome of St Pauls Cathedral dominates the right background.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 26/08/1993]](/images/37000/37323.jpg "Blackfriars")
![View south towards the Thames along platform 4 at Blackfriars station in August 1993. 319179 is standing at the platform with a Thameslink service.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 28/08/1993]](/images/37000/37274.jpg "Blackfriars")
![The through Thameslink platforms at Blackfriars looking north towards the Metropolitan Widened Lines in July 2005 with a Bedford train standing at platform 5.<br><br>[John Furnevel /07/2005]](/images/5000/5251.jpg "Blackfriars")
![<I>'Damn! Missed a bit...'</I> Touch of graffiti on the down platform at Clapham High Street station in July 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/07/2005]](/images/4000/4958.jpg "Clapham High Street")
![Eurostars meet in Battersea in July 2005. Photograph looking north from Wandsworth Road station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/07/2005]](/images/5000/5110.jpg "Wandsworth Road")
![A morning London - Paris 'eurostar' approaching Wandsworth Road station, Battersea, on 21 July 2005... and the last word in green corrugated iron sheds!<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/07/2005]](/images/5000/5127.jpg "Wandsworth Road")
![A Brussels - Waterloo <I>eurostar</I> passes a 'South Eastern' emu on a Victoria - Orpington service just north of Wandsworth Road station in July 2005. To the left is Factory Junction giving access to the LSWR routes and the West London Line via Clapham Junction. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/07/2005]](/images/29000/29837.jpg "Wandsworth Road")
![A Paris - London <I>eurostar</I> snakes along the urban viaducts through Battersea in July 2005 using the 'old route' to Waterloo International. Photographed using a long lens from the footbridge at Wandsworth Road station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/07/2005]](/images/34000/34064.jpg "Wandsworth Road")
![View from the station concourse across the Blackfriars bays towards the through platforms in July 2005. A Southeastern service from Rochester has recently terminated at platform 3, while in the background a Bedford - Three Bridges Thameslink train calls at platform 4.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/4000/4942.jpg "Blackfriars")
![Looking south across the Thames from Blackfriars station in July 2005. Thameslink trains are about to pass at the through platforms on the right, while a Southeastern service has recenty departed from one of the east side bays. A proposal to rebuild Blackfriars station, including extending the platforms out over the Thames, is currently at the planning stage.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/5000/5150.jpg "Blackfriars")
![A Thameslink class 319 dual voltage EMU climbing up from the Metropolitan widened lines towards Blackfriars station on 23 July 2005 with a Luton - Sutton service.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/5000/5243.jpg "Blackfriars")
![Thameslink trains formed by dual voltage class 319 units pass at Blackfriars station in July 2005. A St Albans service is running into platform 5 off Blackfriars Bridge, while a through train for Sutton is standing at 4. The reopened (1988) north-south route via Snow Hill Tunnel and the Metropolitan widened lines continues behind the camera. The buildings forming the backdrop all stand on the other side of the River Thames.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/35000/35491.jpg "Blackfriars")
![Platform view north at Blackfriars in the summer of 2005, before the station was rebuilt and extended south across the Thames. An early afternoon Luton - Sutton Thameslink train has recently arrived at through platform 4 via the Metropolitan widened lines. The lightly used bay platforms to the right stand vacant.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/55000/55282.jpg "Blackfriars")
![Looking south across the River Thames from the end of platform 4 at the old Blackfriars station in the summer of 2005. Thameslink unit 319381 has just received a green light and is about to restart a Luton - Sutton service, just as sister unit 319367 crosses the river northbound with the reverse working. In the left background Southeastern unit 465185 has stopped on the approach to Blackfriars Junction with a service to Rochester which has recently departed from bay platform 3.<br><br>[John Furnevel 23/07/2005]](/images/61000/61932.jpg "Blackfriars")
![A Class 375 unit runs east through Westgate-on-Sea station heading for Margate on 10 December 2008.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 10/12/2008]](/images/21000/21969.jpg "Westgate-on-Sea")
![View north across the Thames towards Blackfriars, showing the piers of the old LC&DR bridge which are to have part of the redesigned Blackfriars station built on them. Blackfriars Underground station has been closed to allow the reconstruction work to be carried out and will reopen in September 2011. On completion the station will be able to accommodate 12-car trains and will have an additional entrance created allowing pedestrian access to the station from the south bank of the river.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 23/08/2009]](/images/25000/25185.jpg "Blackfriars")
![The <b>magnificent <b/> crest of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on Blackfriars Bridge, London, in the summer of 2009.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 23/08/2009]](/images/25000/25196.jpg "Blackfriars Bridge")
![An MPV on RHTT duties heads south east through rural Kent at Tutt Hill, to the north west of Ashford, on 28 October 2010. The large wall behind the MPV to the right of the line is part of a bridge over the M20 Motorway.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/10/2010]](/images/31000/31504.jpg "Ashford")
![Looking north west from the road bridge over Charing station in <br>
Kent on 28 October 2010. A London bound train operated by Southeastern and formed by unit 375822 pauses at the station.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/10/2010]](/images/31000/31512.jpg "Charing")
![Looking south east along the up platform at Charing in Kent on 28 October 2010. Note the canopy of the waiting shelter, which appears to have had its awning trimmed. Compare with the same canopy awning on the down platform which has not received the same treatment.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/10/2010]](/images/31000/31521.jpg "Charing")
![A 12 car Southeastern service made up of three 4 car Class 375 EMUs calls at Pluckley whilst working to London from south Kent on 28 October 2010.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/10/2010]](/images/61000/61421.jpg "Pluckley")
![A well-named station - it's hardly in rolling countryside. Very convenient for the surrounding offices - so long as your local booking office sold you the right ticket, which mine didn't...<br><br>[Ken Strachan 10/06/2011]](/images/35000/35100.jpg "City Thameslink")
![Southeastern 375623 departs east towards Margate from Westgate-on-Sea on 2 July 2012. The train is a London Victoria to Ramsgate service.<br><br>[John McIntyre 02/07/2012]](/images/39000/39616.jpg "Westgate-on-Sea")
![City Thameslink in landscape format [see image 35100]. No shortage of steel in these parts.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 09/11/2012]](/images/42000/42442.jpg "City Thameslink")
![A view of the carriage sidings and Hitachi maintenance facility at Ashford where the Class 395 'Javelin' sets are serviced. In the background is the viaduct that carries the HS1 line bypassing Ashford International station. Photo taken from a 'Javelin' heading to Canterbury West.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/03/2017]](/images/58000/58428.jpg "Ashford")
