Chatham Town vs Cray Wanderers – Isthmian Premier, Saturday 9th September, 3 pm – Match Preview & Directions
Cray Wanderers get their September league fixtures underway on Saturday as the Wands head to the Medway to face Isthmian Premier league leaders…
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The Minstermen are back on their travels down south once again this coming Saturday when we travel to the Kuflink Stadium to take on newly-promoted Ebbsfleet United.
City will hope to find their first win of the …
Thanet[1] Parkway station opened today (Monday 31 July), the first new station in Kent[2] for eight years.
The first train arrived on time at Thanet[3] Parkway at 04:58 this morning, and was scheduled to arrive at London[4] St. Pancras at 06:25. High-s…
The departures board at Victoria Station, London (James Manning/PA) (PA Wire)Passengers were left stranded during Friday’s rush hour as signal failures at a central London[1] station caused chaos.Southeastern[2] trains confirmed that all lines in and o…
The new Thanet Parkway railway station which will connect to London in 70 minutes is opening to passengers within weeks. It is the county’s first railway station to be built in eight years.
Pictures show the platform, stairs, waiting shelters and bicyc…
A new station will open between Ramsgate and Minster at the end of next month.
Thanet Parkway has two 240m platforms suitable for 12-car trains, and will offer high speed services to London as well as trains to other places in Kent.
The station, which …
Southeastern Railway diversions: Planned diversions (Image: Southeastern Railway)Planned engineering work will take place on certain Southeastern Railway lines this week.The work will be taking place this weekend on particular routes and may impact you…
A casualty on the tracks was reported at Farningham Road station just before 6.30am on June 17.
Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service crews attended.
The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident is not being treated as suspicious a…
People living near a railway line on the outskirts of Canterbury say they are unable to get any peace and quiet because of a new railway siren.
A loud noise to warn pedestrians about the track in Thanington[1] goes off roughly every 15 minutes for 16 h…
A number of overnight closures will be taking place across Kent this week, impacting travel. Sometimes even just one diversion or closure can result in multiple hours being added to a journey.
Works can be carried out for a number of reasons, from gene…
Originally published in two parts in The Railway Magazine – August and September 1966
View from the River Thames of Cannon Street Station and bridge as opened, with original signalling. Reproduced from a contemporary drawing by John O’Connor
Cannon S…
Before losing his seat on May 4 at the local elections, Rupert Turpin was a Conservative councillor for 12 years, representing Rochester South and Horsted and serving in the cabinet until he was sacked over a row involving Chatham Docks. Below, he outl…
A man has been taken to hospital following a crash between two lorries on a motorway.
The M2 coastbound was closed between Junction 1 and Junction 2 near Strood[1] for several hours, but reopened overnight.
Traffic is being temporarily held on the M2…
A fire next to a train track at London Bridge station is causing travel disruption in Kent[1] today (May 20). The fire broke out at around 9pm last night, which resulted in the closure of platforms 6 and 7.
Hastings line services between London Bridge …