Trains at: Paddock Wood, SEML, 09/03/24

An hours session spent at Paddock Wood on the South Eastern Mainline where we see plenty of services from South Eastern.
Paddock Wood station was opened in 1842 under the name of Maidstone Road, it was built in a rural location at first but was soon built on by the local village called Paddock Wood. The station was officially named Paddock Wood in 1844 when the branch line running from the station to Maidstone West was opened by the South Eastern Railway.
The station was also home to another branch line; The Hawkhurst Branch. This line was in operation from 1892 to 1961, it was 11 miles in length and was opened and operated by the Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway. By 1900 the company was taken over by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. It eventually came under the running of British Railways in 1948 and then closed in June 1961 before the Beeching report was published. You can still see evidence of the lines existence to this day with some of the embankment still visible before reaching one of the tunnels.
My next station will be Tonbridge.
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[@chriswhitaker4577]

Hi Tornado922. Great film at Paddock Wood. Looking forward to watching the next film at Tonbridge. Kind regards, Chris.

[@robertstrainsnsw1596]

Good film at Paddock wood

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly!

[@railwayron4053]

Brilliant video Jared really nice to see you back on the SEML

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much bud

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Great video, Jarred. Sometimes, freight trains do come through at Paddock Wood. Thanks for sharing and have a good weekend 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much bud!

[@alanmolyneux5957]

Hope you get some GBRF at Tonbridge as well as a greater variety of units.

[@Tornado922]

We shall see

[@Sophiebryson510]

Great video was always

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much!

[@theimperialist2686]

Another great railway video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@bobbrooks266]

Used to be my local station not far from where I used to live. Great Chinese takeaway just up the road lol. Another awesome video. Regards to the family

[@Tornado922]

next time I'm down this way I'll pop in there for a Chinese haha

[@Trainsinleeds]

hi tornado, nice vid! Please can you do Garforth inbetween York and Leeds. Thanks

[@Tornado922]

Hello there, I will see what I can get done at a later date

[@Trainsinleeds]

@@Tornado922 thanks! Love the vids.

[@user-cr2wx5uz7o]

A bit same as last outing on seml! Why do you ignore the MML, a bit more than South Eastern,Thames link emr emr connect and freight if its timed right

[@Tornado922]

I will be covering the MML later this year!

[@alextrainspotterhd6444]

Admire you for going to these stations jarred but do you think it was a waste of time

[@Tornado922]

Oh it's a complete waste of time, but sadly I have to get every station covered to give them a fair chance

[@Harrynhoughton13]

Yo