On the morning of Friday 13th April (not unlucky for us; we had a great day!) the frontage of Northfleet station is seen. There has been a station here since the South Eastern Railway opened one in 1849. The original station was demolished and rebuilt into this typical clapboard structure opened in about 1891. Steady rationalisation of the station structures have taken place over the years but at least Northfleet is still part-timed manned by its operator Southestern. Just over the fence the other side and down in the valley below is the huge Ebsfleet International station with all its connections to France and beyond; it certainly puts poor old Northfleet in the shade a little!
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