British Railways Act 1992

Works

5 Power to make works

The Board may, in the lines or situations and within the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans and according to the levels shown on the deposited sections, make and maintain the following works with all necessary works and conveniences connected therewith:—

• In the borough of Ashford, town of Ashford, Kent—

  • Work No. 1A A railway (1,690 metres in length), commencing by a junction with the Tonbridge and Ashford Railway at a point 354 metres west of the western side of the bridge carrying Beaver Road over that railway, passing eastwards under Beaver Road, then over the Great Stour and East Stour rivers, then in tunnel under the Ashford and Canterbury Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Ashford and Folkestone Railway at a point 105 metres south-west of Aylesford Road level crossing on that railway;[(Railways at Ashford)]

  • Work No. 1B A railway (744 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 1A at a point 45 metres north-west of the bridge carrying Beaver Road over the Tonbridge and Ashford Railway, passing eastwards on the south-western side of Work No. 1A under Beaver Road, then over the Great Stour and East Stour rivers, and terminating by a junction with Work No. 1A at a point 350 metres east of the bridge carrying the Ashford and Folkestone Railway over the East Stour river;

• In the London borough of Camden—

  • Work No. 2 A railway (645 metres in length), commencing by a junction with the North London Line at a point 115 metres south-west of the bridge carrying that railway over the London and Bedford Railway and terminating by a junction with that railway in Belsize Tunnel beneath a point on Finchley Road 102 metres south-east of the junction of Rosemont Road with Finchley Road;[(Railway at West Hampstead)]

• In the borough of Maidstone, parish of Headcorn, Kent—

  • Work No. 3 A railway (948 metres in length) adjoining, and on the southern side of, the Tonbridge and Ashford Railway, commencing by a junction with the up line of that railway at a point 88 metres east of the bridge carrying that railway over the river Beult and terminating by a junction with that line of that railway at a point 157 metres west of the bridge carrying Biddenden Road over that railway;[(Railway at Headcorn)]

• In the borough of Tonbridge and Malling, parish of Ightham, Kent—

  • Work No. 4 A railway (584 metres in length) adjoining, and on the northern side of, the Otford Junction and Maidstone Railway, commencing by a junction with the down line of that railway at a point 125 metres east of the bridge carrying Fen Pond Road over that railway and terminating by a junction with the down passing loop line of that railway at a point 250 metres north-east of the centre of the roundabout at the intersection of Ightham bypass (A.25) and Borough Green Road (A.25);[(Railway at Borough Green)]

• In the district of Sevenoaks, parishes of Kemsing, Otford, Seal and Sevenoaks, Kent—

  • Work No. 5 A railway (933 metres in length) adjoining, and on the southern side of, the Otford Junction and Maidstone Railway, commencing in the parish of Otford by a junction with the up line of that railway at a point 211 metres west of Nash level crossing on that railway and terminating in the parish of Seal by a junction with that line of that railway at a point 19 metres west of the bridge carrying Childsbridge Road over that railway;[(Railway at Otford)]

• In the London borough of Bromley—

  • Work No. 6 A railway (113 metres in length), commencing by a junction with the down Tonbridge loop line and the up Chatham loop line at Bickley Junction at a point 33 metres north-west of the bridge carrying the Chislehurst and Petts Wood Railway over those lines and terminating by a junction with those lines at a point 35 metres south-east of that bridge.[(Railway at Bickley)]