Rails Across the Harbour – Folkestone and its Branch Line seventies and eighties to the

seventies and eighties to the introduction of new purpose-built tonnage at the turn of the century

Southern Ferries

many local names are recorded

By 1881 an enlargement created its famous train shed

the extensive Danish services and also those across the Baltic operated by German

Rails Across the Harbour – Folkestone and its Branch Line seventies and eighties to theFew visitors who today walk along the quiet platforms at Folkestone Harbour station, or venture further out to the lighthouse, can have any idea of how the entire area once functioned as a vital link with the Continent and a cohesive commercial operation. Rails across the Harbour tells the story of the Folkestone Harbour branch railway, its station and pier while also exploring the engines, trains and cross Channel ships with which it was associated