Kent rail route shut until at least Tuesday due to track ‘defect’
www.kentonline.co.uk
A railway line will remain shut until at least Tuesday because the track is not “as level as it needs to be”.
  • RogueBanana@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

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

    • Mex@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

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

    • SydEnglish
      1·
      8 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.