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Railway line between Tonbridge and Edenbridge shut until at least Tuesday due to track ‘defect’
(www.kentonline.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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Is that normal? How does it bend that much? It's not mentioned anywhere in the article.
Most of the recent issues have been poor or missing maintenance.
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.