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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
@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
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