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Our friends @Se_Railway have been contacted by passengers who regularly ride on the line from #Margate to #Faversham via #Whitstable as to why their trains are running at a reduced speed in some places on the route.
They should be fixed soon but in the meantime, here's why... /1
They should be fixed soon but in the meantime, here's why... /1
@Se_Railway The route from Margate takes passengers from the chalky Isle of Thanet down to sea level near Birchington and then across a part of Kent that features a great deal of London Clay (a sort of yellowy gooey soil). /2
@Se_Railway The line across the marshes at Birchington (see below) is built up on an embankment built of that clay, as it was the only material the Victorian engineers had to hand when the line was constructed in 1863. /3 
🌧️ We're sorry to say that despite working through the night, the landslip at #Newington has defeated our best efforts and we won't be able to get the railway open again today. The rain has kept up and continues to soak the spoil, which slips as fast as we can cart it away. /1
We're bringing more equipment to site now,on top of the digger you can see here working overnight, to reach further back into the slip and remove the soil that keeps sliding towards the railway. /2
The good news is this is what geotechnical engineers call a "transitional failure" which is effectively the failed top layer of soil surfing downhill on the lower layer. That means once we cart the spoil away and put a row of ballast bags in place to protect the line... /3
So, my daughter’s school is a polling station and just outside we came across this - the car of a young Lib Dem activist who lives in the street. Graffitied and tyres slashed. He was distraught and clearly shocked and scared. #Faversham #UKIP #LE2019
UKIP can bang on as much as they like about being a legitimate party, not racist, inclusive etc However it’s clear many of their supporters see them as something else. What they are becoming - the political wing of a populist facist movement. #UKIP #LE2019
Just a quick note to the flood of “false flag” lunatics - this has been reported to the police, and the number plate of the culprit was taken down by a neighbour so we will find out who did it. Use of the phrase “false flag” will be an instant block now. Sick of this shit.
