Thank you informative and interesting looking forward to a time when trains re enter Robertsbridge from Tenterden
@AussiePom6 ай бұрын
At 1:22 there used to be some concrete tank traps constructed in WW2 to the left of the line and I wonder if they're still there in the undergrowth.
@boblovell57898 ай бұрын
Not familiar with the area but that quarry site is a mess. If it's no longer needed for ballast production,it should be put to use for housing . Maybe the local MP should be consulted for his views. Alternatively address the perpetual argument for a southerly extension.
@gaugeonesteam9 ай бұрын
Great shame this line closed. amazing how overgrown old railways become. The colour film on here from 1975 is well worth watching.
@fenderac30499 ай бұрын
I’ve travelled on this section of line in the late 2000’s up to the Meldon Viaduct halt in a Thumper. The line is now owned by Network Rail. They could have reinstated this line down to Tavistock and Plymouth by now at a fraction of the cost that’s been wasted on HS2, including the replacement of the viaduct. This would have been a boon to the communities that have been cut off from decent transport links since the line was closed, especially when you see how successful the reopening on the line to Okehampton has been.
@stephenpegum97769 ай бұрын
Another very interesting video - cheers 👍
@disinclinedarchangel9 ай бұрын
Good work! More please
@freeman812810 ай бұрын
The slow train to nowhere.
@stephenpegum977610 ай бұрын
That's a pretty impressive-looking viaduct ! 😎
@richardpotter71211 ай бұрын
Shame it hasn't been turned into an official cycle route. A couple of years ago, it was virtually impossible to cycle through, due to the condition of the track bed.
@hojomo11 ай бұрын
Certainly shows off the future of Heritage Rail recovery by keeping the footpath beside the line, whether or not it's the second trackbed, delivering to "Access for All". Thanks for the update.
@stephenpegum977611 ай бұрын
Presumably this line would originally have been double-tracked, with the 2nd line where the foot/cycle path now sits ?
@heritagerailwayroutes728311 ай бұрын
If you follow the link to the blog page you will see under every 360 image a link back to the track arrangement in the early 1900’s. Yes it was double track. In many places the current path is over the track.
@stephenpegum977611 ай бұрын
@@heritagerailwayroutes7283 Cheers for the info 👍
@nadavshvo11 ай бұрын
cool railroad bro
@Sparky68M Жыл бұрын
at 3:16 my old house on the right by those tall conifers
@charlieb6138 Жыл бұрын
Is this route now a road that scars the once green and pleasant land?
@heritagerailwayroutes7283 Жыл бұрын
Sadly yes!!!
@charlieb6138 Жыл бұрын
@@heritagerailwayroutes7283 maybe if we put about a petition each of us, for a tramway adjacent to the road?
@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf Жыл бұрын
They will clear the infill in time. Tbh with the waste that was illegally dumped there in the early 1970s, it should be cleared at the governments expense. It's been polluting the local area since then with the strange coloured water seeping out! Known to be toxic and polluting and should never have been dumped there! Once it is cleared the way is open to relay to Chilcompton. Same goes for the other way to Radstock, once Silver Street is bridged again(which it is planned to). This little acorn line will be a mighty oak in time. Well done to all involved in bringing back part of the S&D, that, let's face it, no one ever thought they would see again!!
@heritagerailwayroutes7283 Жыл бұрын
The quiet plans and ambitions for this station group are very exciting. Railway Routes have been invited back to refly some of their interest areas.
@neilbain8736 Жыл бұрын
To think that the space the it takes up could occupy just one lane of the M25.
@samhamer182 Жыл бұрын
This little video is brilliant. I would love to see it go all the way to West Bay. Brilliant
@heritagerailwayroutes7283 Жыл бұрын
At the request of Jurassic Cosst Holdings Railway Routes has completed the entire line to West Bay. I hope to have this up soon. Keep a wstch
@heritagerailwayroutes72839 ай бұрын
We now have footage all the way to Westbay... I just need the time to construct it
@dad1ipms8 ай бұрын
Very nice & useful to a railway modeller - A member of the Bridport & District MRC@@heritagerailwayroutes7283
@tonypope9206 Жыл бұрын
I've just watched a film by Allen Snowden taken in 1958 about the HAWKHURST line. Excellent movie. It would be somewhere on KZbin.
@dodgydruid2 жыл бұрын
Could you not find a way to go under Silver St which would give you a fairly unfettered run all the way to Radstock? A shame the NSR plans failed as more serious cases could be made to run into Radstock, securing funding to dig a small tunnel under the roundabout and connect directly to the Frome line which is just rotting away abandoned.
@davidlivermore74812 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching in amazment as class 37's loco's thundering through Cross inn over that bridge must be 30 plus years ago now. Haven't been up here for a number of years but what strikes me is how urbanised and bland that tarmac footpath and the whole area has become from what once was on the whole simple beautiful countryside. That footpath (cycleway secondary) looks very dangerous for walkers especially the elderly or partially blind or deaf and animals to. Luckily under the new highway code the principle duty and responsibility is on the cyclist to pass safely giving way to pedestrians in the process.
@RotherValleyRailwayRVR2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your memories of this section of track. I have to agree with you about the urbanisation. All this is simply an evolution for good or bad hence trying to record.
@stephenpegum97762 жыл бұрын
That was a great little video - cheers ! 👍
@heritagerailwayroutes7283 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@marcusharrison77042 жыл бұрын
They should’ve kept the station open to keep all the cars off the road that’s the trouble these days is too many cars on the road
@marcusharrison77042 жыл бұрын
I should’ve kept it as a station in the harbour I’m not being funny but I killed it when I got rid of it
@korecollette50052 жыл бұрын
nqosln #von.ong
@mickboakes70232 жыл бұрын
Living quite locally, have walked the entire route many times. Very pretty during the spring and summer months.
@mickboakes70232 жыл бұрын
If only you could turn back time to hear those little tank engines pounding the grade to meet big brother pacific waiting to haul the train to London. If only I took notice at what was going on in my younger days. Thanks for posting. All the best Mick.
@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf2 жыл бұрын
Should have kept it open, used it as a preserved railway enterprise with steam and diesel, and built the regenerated area around it. Again, as with UK railways, an opportunity lost. Thankfully the majority of rails remain and it wouldn't take much to return. One day, hopefully.
@user-ky7xt3qo5v3 жыл бұрын
Such a shame 😕. It has such a lot of history. I was born in Folkestone and have lived here all my life. That railway track has always thrived, and the ferry terminal. Another line gone and more card on the road because of it!
@1962cheese3 жыл бұрын
Great vid, do you know the railway that went through what is now Canada lake?
@RotherValleyRailwayRVR2 жыл бұрын
Taff Vale 1
@barleyarrish3 жыл бұрын
very interesting
@maxchesters95284 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video, thanks
@daystatesniper014 жыл бұрын
Superb upload ,spent many a happy day/night fishing on that pier
@davidroberts74254 жыл бұрын
Very good. I visited today to walk as much of the route that I could and to see the regeneration of the station.
@mikelelacheur56654 жыл бұрын
Great video. Was this filmed in march?
@billygillan8214 жыл бұрын
Great video,like a lot of folk know Folkestone from being one of the main air bases during the war ,but great to see the train lines,and the sad fact it was the last place so many a brave soul saw before they went to war and didn't come back.
@fletch615 жыл бұрын
Stayed in Folkstone several times to get the Sea Cat over to France shopping !
@lovellweb5 жыл бұрын
Loved the video, well done. I used to go to Folkestone every summer for a day out. Remember the harbour station although never used it. Moved to Norfolk in 1980 so lost touch. Didn't the station burn down in a fire? I agree the station should have stayed open, the other stations are a fair way off.
@Harriet-Jesamine5 жыл бұрын
An absolutely superb video about vandalism.
@jamestoyn97555 жыл бұрын
are you in a helicopter
@keiths74945 жыл бұрын
That's Folkestone, not Folkstone
@ldb2815 жыл бұрын
All those thousands of soldiers in WW2 leaving to embark on a ship, in to the unknown. Makes you want to weep.Hey we could lay some tracks down, what a great heritage railway.
@SteveInskip5 жыл бұрын
Caught boats from there a few times in the ‘60’s. Progress? You tell me! Great footage!
@barrythedieselelectricstea52175 жыл бұрын
it's very sad indeed to see that it will never run again it should have😭😭😭😭
@TheVickersDoorter5 жыл бұрын
I remember taking the Sealink ferry from here in the early 1970's. Folkestone's heyday though for me was as a child in the 1960's, staying in a wonderful villa house in Earls Avenue and going to the permanent fun-fair and boating pool. What a shame all that vibrant life and character has been erased. People visiting today would have no comprehension of how amazing it was in comparison to now.
@TONYJUD575 жыл бұрын
Sad! A lot of men went overseas to war from here, and never returned, these areas would have been the last sight of Blighty to them, RIP.
@nicosnicholas58715 жыл бұрын
Why was it demolished couldn't they keep it for some other use ?
@davidphilpott15094 жыл бұрын
It isn't demolished. It has been renovated. Well worth a visit. It will never be a ferry terminal again as both the access to the port and water depth are inadequate for modern cross channel ferries.
@nov30198920085 жыл бұрын
Whats happening to the closed railway?
@herbypumpkin12566 жыл бұрын
It is being rebuilt and is now finished (8/8/2018) and very beautiful it looks too.
@mspenrice6 жыл бұрын
I thought they were supposed to be preserving the old station buildings, not knocking them down?!