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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 06-23-2002 04:21 AM

Dover cruise terminal One, used to be a railway station. It is absoloutely charming!It still has the platforms and station buildings, covered by an ornate roof.

Are there any railway enthusiasts out there that can tell me a brief history of it?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 06-26-2002 06:33 PM

Any UK train spotters out there? Any useful web train sites?

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Nautical Nigel
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posted 07-09-2002 08:30 AM

I guess this is Dover Marine (later Dover Western Docks). Pre-Eurotunnel this was where the Boat Trains from London Victoria used to go and connect with boats to Calais, Ostend etc. I think this is also the way the Golden Arrow ran in the grand old days of steam engines.

It was a good way to cross to the continent as foot passengers and was certainly better than todays bus connections via Dover Eastern Docks.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-09-2002 12:52 PM

Thanks, Nigel, everything that you have said rings a bell!

Anyone else got more info? Is there a web site about the old station (not the new Dover port)?

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Beezo
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posted 07-09-2002 06:53 PM

Is this the terminal that NCL uses?

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JP
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posted 07-10-2002 11:35 AM

This one?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-10-2002 02:36 PM

Fantastic picture, JP - thanks. Any idea what year the picture was taken?

Yes Norwegian Dream used to use it, although they built a 2nd terminal(2)last year,nextdoor to terminal(1), which has a bigger passenger capacity.

Dream may well now use terminal(2), as she is a biggish ship?

I found this nice Dover History link:

http://www.beer-genealogy.freeserve.co.uk/local/dover/port/index.htm

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JP
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posted 07-10-2002 05:29 PM

My picture was taken in 1990 (May?), after we had gotten off a fast ferry of some kind from Oostende.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-10-2002 06:23 PM

Jp, it is still very charming, but NO trains!

A recent pictures!

My second picture was taken from the upstairs cafe/waiting areas, which has glass windows looking down on the station.

Was the cafe there in 1990? Was that your vantage point too?

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