Folkestone Harbour Branch (disused) [1] - 22 June 2016

Finally closed on 31 May 2014 after a long, slow death, the branch line to Folkestone Harbour station is a sad monument to a lost era. Viewed from the station, the line crosses the Folkestone Harbour viaduct to begin a steep climb towards Folkestone East and is lined by disdainful gulls. The unseasonal heavy mist of a June morning, which I thought would spoil my photographs, unexpectedly adds to the sombre nature of the scene.

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