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Railway line between Tonbridge and Edenbridge shut until at least Tuesday due to track ‘defect’ (www.kentonline.co.uk)
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[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is that normal? How does it bend that much? It's not mentioned anywhere in the article.

[–] Mex@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago

Most of the recent issues have been poor or missing maintenance.

[–] Syd@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Expansion and contraction of the rail can pull it free from the spikes. This isn't that uncommon of an issue in extreme temperature differences.

[–] Highstronaught@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago

Not sure where it is this time but it's an issue that has come up before on this line