North from Hever - June 2003

Unit 205 032, one of the 'newest' batch of class 205s, built between 1959 and 1960, coasts into the station on a Saturday afternoon Uckfield service.

North of Hever the line follows an almost straight alignment on gently falling gradients towards Edenbridge Town, underlining its untapped potential as a high-speed north-south link.

By contrast, local roads across the Weald are generally poor and indirect, with even the principal towns being poorly served. But any significant improvement to the road system here would be very costly and raise serious environmental concerns. (Grid Ref. TQ 465 445)