Folkestone Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the South Eastern Railway changing business

changing business

charts two further  decades of ferry activity around Great Britain

Much engineering effort went into producing a line with gentle curves and gradients – apart from the steep access into the Glasgow terminus at Queen Street

seventies and eighties to the introduction of new purpose-built tonnage at the turn of the century

Folkestone Steamers – The Paddle Steamers of the South Eastern Railway changing businessOn its way from London to the premier Channel port of Dover, the South Eastern Railway reached the village of Folkestone in June 1843. It had always been the intention to operate cross Channel steamer services from Dover but instead of an expected welcome, negotiations with the Harbour Commissioners (chaired by the Duke of Wellington) proved to be extremely difficult. To them, the arrival of the railway in the town was simply seen as an advantage from