Councillors and officers of Shepway District Council and Kent County Council with Mike Gibson of Southeastern Trains
Rail for Folkestone (R4F for short) was set up by Shepway District Council in 2000 to campaign for High-Speed domestic rail services for Folkestone. And that’s just what it has been doing for the last eight years. The result is a good one for our district as from 13 December we will have High-Speed services from Folkestone Central and West and more frequent mainline services from Sandling and Westenhanger.
The most recent meeting of R4F was on 28 August when Southeastern Trains confirmed that, as a direct result of representations from Shepway District Council, an additional train would be provided from Folkestone to Cannon Street in the morning peak.
As a founding member of R4F, I was delighted to be pictured in the Shepway chain of office with the councillors and officers at the meeting with the rail operator.
Preview services of the new High-Speed trains begin on Monday 07 September and I shall be at Folkestone Central at 06 54 to be on the first of the new trains and be in London St Pancras at 07 50, a journey time of just 56 minutes.
Tags: Folkestone, Rail for Folkestone