| Medway Viaduct, (Country end)
Written by Marcus Dawson - 30 Oct 2003 |
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From the M2 junction 3 (A229) follow the local signs to Wouldham. When you go underneath the CTRL there is a turning on your left, take it. Then the next left is a track that will lead you back up to the location.
There are no facilities in the immediate vicinity but the city of Rochester is a few minutes drive away
The CTRL is a high speed line so it's very unlikely that you will get anything slow moving on the line. High shutter speeds are a must. Also digital camera users with shutter lag beware - the train will have travelled a coach length in the time it takes to take a picture!
If you want to see Eurostars at anything approaching 300 km/h, then either end of the CTRL is not really the place.
In the down direction, the first time you can get above about 280 km/h is as you emerge from the Tunnel from where it is that sort of speed until you hit the loops next to the M20 a few miles out from Ashford, when line speed goes down to 270 km/h. If you concentrate your efforts within a couple of miles of the motorway services at Bearsted, then even the trains that have stopped at Ashford should be back up to near enough full speed.
Many thanks to Nev Arthur - Eurostar Driver for the above comment.
