Ferrovia Lewisham-Rochester

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Lewisham-Rochester
Nome originale(EN) North Kent line
Stati attraversatiBandiera dell'Inghilterra Inghilterra
InizioLewisham
FineRochester
Attivazione1846
GestoreNational Rail
Lunghezza48 km
Scartamento1435 mm
Elettrificazione750 V CC a terza rotaia
Ferrovie

La ferrovia Lewisham-Rochester (in inglese North Kent Line) è una linea ferroviaria britannica che collega Lewisham, nel borgo londinese omonimo, a Rochester, nel Kent.[1][2]

Storia[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

La ferrovia Lewisham-Rochester fu il mezzo con cui la società South Eastern Railway (SER) poté collegare la propria rete a Londra. Nel 1846 la SER acquistò il tunnel che attraversava il canale Thames and Medway, vicino a Higham, e vi pose i binari; nell'anno successivo, i treni passarono dal capolinea di Strood, sul fiume Medway, a Gravesend. Dal 30 luglio 1849 la linea fu prolungata fino a un incrocio con la ferrovia Londra-Greenwich a North Kent East Junction, vicino a Deptford, e i treni passanti iniziarono a operare fino a Londra.

Caratteristiche[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

La linea è a scartamento ferroviario di tipo ordinario a 1435 mm. La trazione è elettrica a 750 V a corrente continua tramite terza rotaia. Inizialmente la tratta in cui era stata predisposta l'elettrificazione della linea giungeva fino a Dartford; dal 1926 è stata elettrificata fino a Gillingham.

Percorso[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

 Stazioni e fermate 
Continuation backward
linea per Cannon Street/Charing Cross
Unknown route-map component "CONTgq" Unknown route-map component "ABZg+r"
linea per Nunhead
Straight track Unknown route-map component "utCONT1+f"
Docklands Light Railway
Unknown route-map component "XPLTaq" + Unknown route-map component "BHFSPLa"
Unknown route-map component "XPLTeq" + Urban End station in tunnel
Lewisham
Unknown route-map component "CONTgq" Unknown route-map component "vSTRr-SHI1r"
linee per Dover e Hayes
Station on track
Blackheath
Unknown route-map component "LSTR+l" Unknown route-map component "ABZgr"
Unknown route-map component "LCONTf" Straight track
linea per Dartford (via Bexleyheath)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Blackheath (1537 m)
Straight track Unknown route-map component "STRc2" Unknown route-map component "CONT3"
linea per Deptford
Unknown route-map component "ABZg+l" + Unknown route-map component "STRc2"
Unknown route-map component "KRZq3+1u"
Unknown route-map component "KDSTeq" + Unknown route-map component "STRc4"
Unknown route-map component "FACTORY"
Angerstein Wharf
Unknown route-map component "ABZg+1" Unknown route-map component "STRc4"
Station on track
Charlton
Level crossing
Charlton Lane
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Charlton (141 m)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Mount Street (111 m)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Dockyard (111 m)
Station on track
Woolwich Dockyard
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Coleman Street (81 m)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di George IV (218 m)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Calderwood (53 m)
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Cross Street (123 m)
Straight track Unknown route-map component "tCONT1+f"
linea per Paddington
Unknown route-map component "XBHF-L"
Unknown route-map component "GRZaq" + Unknown route-map component "uKXBHFa-R"
Unknown route-map component "GRZeq" + Unknown route-map component "tBHF"
Woolwich Arsenal
Straight track Unknown route-map component "utKRWla" Unknown route-map component "mtKRZt" Unknown route-map component "tCONTfq"
Docklands Light Railway
Station on track Unknown route-map component "tSTR"
Plumstead
Unknown route-map component "d"
Unknown route-map component "d" + Unknown route-map component "bSHI2lr"
+ Unknown route-map component "tSTR"
Unknown route-map component "d"
+ Straight track
Unknown route-map component "d" + Unknown route-map component "eABZg2"
+ Unknown route-map component "tBS2l"
+ Unknown route-map component "tBS2c3"
+ Straight track
+ Unknown route-map component "exSTRc1" + Straight track
+ Unknown route-map component "exABZ4+fl"
+ Unknown route-map component "tSTR" + Unknown route-map component "exCONTf@Fq"
diramazione per il Royal Arsenal
Straight track Non-passenger station/depot on track Unknown route-map component "ENDExa" Unknown route-map component "tSTR3"
deposito di Plumstead (National Rail)
Unknown route-map component "KRWg+l"
+ Unknown route-map component "tSTR+l" + Unknown route-map component "KRWr"
+ Unknown route-map component "tSTRr+1" + Straight track
Unknown route-map component "eHST" Unknown route-map component "tSTR" Straight track
Church Manor Way
Straight track Unknown route-map component "tSTRe" Unknown route-map component "ABZgl" Unknown route-map component "KDSTeq"
deposito di Plumstead (Elizabeth Line)
Straight track Unknown route-map component "KRWg+l" Unknown route-map component "KRWr"
Unknown route-map component "BHF-L" Unknown route-map component "BHF-R"
Abbey Wood
Unknown route-map component "KRWg+l" Unknown route-map component "KRWr"
Station on track
Belvedere
Unknown route-map component "eABZgl" Unknown route-map component "exKDSTeq"
molo di Erith
Station on track
Erith
Station on track
Slade Green
Unknown route-map component "LCONTg" Straight track
linea per Lewisham (via Blackheath)
Unknown route-map component "LSTR" Unknown route-map component "KRWgl" Unknown route-map component "KRW+r"
One way leftward Unknown route-map component "KRWgr+r" Non-passenger station/depot on track
deposito di Slade Green
Unknown route-map component "KRWg+l" Unknown route-map component "KRWr"
Transverse water Unknown route-map component "hKRZWae" Transverse water
Cray
Unknown route-map component "CONT4+l" Unknown route-map component "KRWgr+r"
linea per Hither Green
Station on track
Dartford
Transverse water Unknown route-map component "hKRZWae" Transverse water
Darent
Unknown route-map component "STR+l" Unknown route-map component "ABZglr" Unknown route-map component "STR+r"
Non-passenger end station + Unknown route-map component "HUBaq"
Straight track + Unknown route-map component "HUBq"
Non-passenger end station + Unknown route-map component "HUBeq"
deposito di Dartford
Unknown route-map component "SKRZ-G4u"
Ponte di Dartford (A282)
Station on track
Stone Crossing
Station on track
Greenhithe for Bluewater
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Greenhithe (231 m)
Station on track
Swanscombe
Unknown route-map component "STRc2" Unknown route-map component "KRZ3+lo" Unknown route-map component "CONT1+r"
linea AV per St Pancras
Unknown route-map component "STR+1"
+ Unknown route-map component "STRc4" + Station on track
Northfleet
Station on track Straight track
Unknown route-map component "KRWgl" Unknown route-map component "KRWg+r"
Unknown route-map component "CONT3+g" Straight track
linea AV per il tunnel della Manica
Unknown route-map component "exCONTgq" Unknown route-map component "eKRZo" Unknown route-map component "exCONTfq"
linea per Gravesend Ovest e Fawkham Jtc.
Station on track
Gravesend
Unknown route-map component "eHST"
Milton Road ✝ 1915
Unknown route-map component "eHST"
Denton ✝ 1961
Unknown route-map component "eHST"
Milton Range ✝ 1956
Unknown route-map component "BHF(L)f" + Unknown route-map component "4HUBa@F"
fermata di servizio del Bivio di Hoo
Unknown route-map component "STR+l"
Unknown route-map component "ABZglr" + Unknown route-map component "HUB"
Unknown route-map component "ABZq+r" Unknown route-map component "CONTfq"
linea per l'Isola di Grain
Straight track
Unknown route-map component "BHF(R)g" + Unknown route-map component "4HUBe@F"
Straight track
Non-passenger station/depot on track + Unknown route-map component "HUBaq"
Straight track + Unknown route-map component "HUBq"
Non-passenger station/depot on track + Unknown route-map component "HUBeq"
deposito del Bivio di Hoo
One way leftward Unknown route-map component "ABZg+lr" One way rightward
Station on track
Higham
Enter and exit short tunnel
galleria di Higham e Strood (3595 m)
Unknown route-map component "bSHI2rxl"
Unknown route-map component "BS2l"
Unknown route-map component "exKBHFe" + Unknown route-map component "BS2c3"
Strood ✝ 1856
Station on track
Strood * 1856
Unknown route-map component "CONT4+f" Straight track
linea per Londra Victoria
Unknown route-map component "KRWlo+l" Unknown route-map component "KRWgr+ro"
Unknown route-map component "CONT3+g" Straight track
linea per Paddock Wood
Transverse water Unknown route-map component "hKRZWae" Transverse water
Medway
Station on track
Rochester
Continuation forward
linea per Dover Priory e Ramsgate
Manuale · Legenda · Convenzioni di stile

La linea si distacca dalla Southeastern Main Line al bivio di Lewisham Vale[3], all'estremità della stazione di St John's, ai margini della Londra interna, e corre fino al bivio di Rochester Bridge[4][5], lungo il fiume Medway, sulla parte settentrionale della storica regione del Mid-Kent.

Traffico[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

Lungo questa linea ferroviaria si articolano servizi di tipo suburbano (tra cui quelli della rete Thameslink) e regionale, gestiti da Southeastern e Govia Thameslink Railway.

La stazione di Abbey Wood è servita anche dai treni della Elizabeth Line, gestiti Transport for London.

Note[modifica | modifica wikitesto]

  1. ^ Quail Maps, Map#5 - Southern & TFL, [page 5] Feb 1998. URL consultato il 14 gennaio 2018.
  2. ^ KSW2 Kent Sussex Wessex Routes Sectional Appendix; LOR SO290 Seq003 to 009 (PDF) [collegamento interrotto], su archive.nr.co.uk, Network Rail. URL consultato il 14 gennaio 2018.
  3. ^ Network Rail, Southern Zone Sectional Appendix, Module SO, aprile 2001, p. 1/15 SO130. (Retrieved 25 December 2011)
  4. ^ Quail Map 5 – England South [page 3] Sept 2002 (Retrieved 25 December 2011)
  5. ^ Network Rail, Southern Zone Sectional Appendix, Module SO, aprile 2001, p. 1/37 SO130.

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