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The Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Light Railway was a proposed railway in Kent. An Act of Parliament authorised its construction, but only a short branch at Tovil, opened to goods only, was built. ==Background== Maidstone, the county town of Kent, had been reached by the railway in 1846, when the South Eastern Railway built a branch from Paddock Wood. In 1856 a branch was built from Strood to make an end-on junction with the branch from Paddock Wood at what is now station. Headcorn had been reached by the railway in 1842, on the main line between Tonbridge and Ashford. This situation left Maidstone in a position where there was no direct access to either London or the Channel Ports by rail. In 1874 a branch was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway from Swanley to the current station. This line was extended in 1884 to Ashford. There were various railways proposed to link Maidstone and Headcorn:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=From Headcorn to Maidstone )〕 *Maidstone and Loose Valley (1856–57) *Loose Valley (1877) *Lydd Railway (Various Powers) (1877) *Tenterden (1894–95) *Headcorn Junction and Maidstone Light Railway (1904–05). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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