UK - South Darenth - Anti-rail link protest banner and sign

Protest signs erected by locals of the Darenth Valley in rural Kent, against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link in 1989. After a well-organised campaign, locals sought to reverse decisions by British Rail to cut a new rail link. Locals from South Darenth - Horton Kirby in rural Kent, protested in Trafalgar Square, London against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link in 1989. British Rail announced that 150mph TGV trains would travel through their rural Kent countryside, forcing residents to sell their homes within a 240 metre corridor to the rail line, at great loss while splitting up the community.

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Protest signs erected by locals of the Darenth Valley in rural Kent, against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link in 1989. After a well-organised campaign, locals sought to reverse decisions by British Rail to cut a new rail link. Locals from South Darenth - Horton Kirby in rural Kent, protested in Trafalgar Square, London against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link in 1989. British Rail announced that 150mph TGV trains would travel through their rural Kent countryside, forcing residents to sell their homes within a 240 metre corridor to the rail line, at great loss while splitting up the community.