01. "The Grain Branch" (Thamesport to Hoo Junction)

Product Code [EWS01]

Our Price: £18.33

A return cab ride aboard a Class 66 Locomotive of EWS Railway (English, Welsh & Scottish Railway) along “The Grain Branch” in Kent from Thamesport to Hoo Junction.

In September 1882 this line continued to Port Victoria with connections to a Steamer Service to Flushing (Holland).

The line split at Stoke Junction with a branch to Allhallows-on-Sea which opened in May 1932. Passenger Services on these lines were withdrawn on 4^th December 1961 and The Allhallows Branch closed completely.

Freight has continued to be worked on this line until the present day.

Note:

The former sites of the halts are as accurate as possible with the current information available. Filmed in July 2006

Archive material is by Gerald Robinson and historical data is taken from “The Middleton Press”.

Running Time: 91 minutes &1hr 31mins)