We returned to Lullingstone Country Park and on a different route came across this viaduct.
Some information about it
This impressive nine-arched red-brick viaduct is a prominent feature on the line to the delightfully-named “Bat & Ball” station. The structure was built by the independent “Sevenoaks Railway”, incorporated in 1859 to link the “Chatham” main line with the market town of Sevenoaks.
The branch was initially single-track, seeing its first services on 2nd June 1862, but the viaduct was built to accommodate two tracks from the outset, because the line was doubled in the following year.
A Maidstone extension from Otford opened on 1st June 1874, this again single-track, but following in the footsteps of the original Bat & Ball line, this was soon doubled, two-track working commencing on 11th August 1875.
The viaduct has nine arches of 30-foot span, and rises to a height of 75-feet above the valley.
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