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1961-2021 60th Anniversary Kent Coast Electrification
Before the Second World War, London's electric railways were busy and popular  - including the Underground and electric trams.  Extensions were eagerly welcomed, until the outreak of World Wa II abruptly stopped any more railway improvements - leaving6 the rural parts of Kent and the Souh East out towards the coast still back in the age of steam trains.
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 After the war, the railways were nationalised (run by the government rather than privately-owned companies), and the new British Railways decided to pick up where the old Southern Railway had left off.
 - by replacing the rest of the old-fashioned steam engines. In other parts of the country, this meant using disel engines, but in Kent it was easier to continue with electrification. - using the same third rail system as the old Soutern Railway had used,
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