Hayes line

Mid-Kent line / Hayes line
Mid-Kent line / Hayes line
	A Southeastern Class 465 at Hayes station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Greater London
Termini	Lewisham; Hayes;
Stations	10
Service
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Southeastern
Rolling stock	Class 376 "Electrostar"; Class 465 "Networker"; Class 466 "Networker"; Class 707 "Desiro City"
History
Opened	1857
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V Direct Current third rail
Operating speed	60 mph (97 km/h) maximum
Route map
Route map
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Mid-Kent line (Hayes line)

South Eastern Main Line

to Charing Cross

Greenwich Park branch line

to Nunhead

Proposed Bakerloo line extension

to Elephant & Castle

Lewisham

North Kent Line

to Rochester

South Eastern Main Line

to Charing Cross

South Eastern Main Line

to Brixton

to Shortlands

to Faversham

(1864–1866)

Woodside & S. Croydon Joint Railway

to Sanderstead

Carriage depot (closed 1993)

The Hayes line, originally and in some uses still known as the Mid-Kent line, is a British railway line running from Courthill Loop North junction (just south of Lewisham station) to Hayes railway station in the London Borough of Bromley. Originally known as the Mid-Kent Railway, it became known as the Mid-Kent Line. It has increasingly become to be known as the Hayes Line however, with none of the line in the present-day county of Kent