Freight Services and Rolling Stock
As of 2007 there are no scheduled freight services which use the line. The Travelling Post Office train from Dover to Manchester via Tonbridge, Redhill, Guildford and Reading was routed along the line from May 1988 until 2004. The Network Rail 2008 Strategic Business Plan recommended that an enhancement project for the line should be pursued to enable freight traffic from the Channel Tunnel to use the line.
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