High-speed route

Javelin North Kent

London → Margate · England

Distance

120 km

Fastest time

1 h 29 min

Top speed

225 km/h

Operator

Southeastern

Train

Class 395 Javelin

Countries

England

In service since

2009

Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

The other Javelin to Margate: off HS1 at Ebbsfleet onto the 1846 North Kent line — Rochester’s castle and cathedral, Faversham’s breweries, then the seaside string of Whitstable, Herne Bay and Margate.

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