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    Where would you like to see Crossrail 3 go?

    Why Ebbsfleet? Gravesend is a far better choice. Also Hoo Jct is a couple of miles east and safeguarded for turnback/depot facilities. Ebbsfleet lacks a large population unlike Gravesend and also easy interchange for the Medway Towns. The idea that commuters from Broadstairs or Deal would pay...
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    FANTASY: You're running the next South Eastern franchise. What would you do?

    Just one high speed train per hour for Gravesend? The busiest station on the North Kent HS route? The busiest interchange station for HS/metro services? Hmm.
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    THAMESLINK services to Kent and Sussex routes 2018

    Dartford and Slade Green depots are expected to be transferred to Tfl. Gillingham is to become a shared depot - SE/GTR, Orpington GTR and Ashford SE and a new separate GTR depot possibly sited at Chart Leacon. As said previously ( and only according to my driver mates), they will have...
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    THAMESLINK services to Kent and Sussex routes 2018

    According to driver mates at Dartford, the Tfl Charing X services shall run as far as Gravesend. Thameslink and Highspeed shall of course, continue beyond Gravesend.:)
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    Gravesend station rebuild approved. new 12 car central platform

    The new central platform is 'single faced' and is (as mentioned earlier) fenced off. This platform is actually wider than both current platforms, although you are correct in noting the lack of any facilities on it - save, seating and an 80 metre modern canopy. There is scope, however, for a...

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