Dover Priory to St Pancras in under an hour

• Karlos

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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  21 March 2015     08:42280044
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  This event looks like it will happen from the May timetable change. Although it is only one train per day in one direction.
  
  There is a service in the route planners:
  http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/W21294/2015/05/18/advanced
  
  Basically its schedule is:
  commence Dover Priory 1033
  dep Ashford Int 1056
  dep Stratford Int 1125
  arr St Pancras Int 1132
  omitting both Folkestones and Ebbsfleet.
• Guest 697

  • Registered: 13 Apr 2010
  • Posts: 622
  21 March 2015     11:23280050
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  Very interesting! Let's hope it's a precursor to a new timetable that delivers a permanent change. With the recent investment in the new car park at Folkestone West, there is an even stronger case for dropping Folkestone Central on high speed services. Then all we need is more car parking at Dover Priory!
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,540
  21 March 2015     12:44280056
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  And they are in the pipeline I believe Kevin, but not sure when work is supposed to start, but hopefully not too long.
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 1395

  • Registered: 5 Nov 2014
  • Posts: 463
  21 March 2015     22:43280081
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  That looks very much like an empty stock movement which has been made 'live' and will take some of the load off the 1049 from Dover
  Lew Finnis