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Horsted Platform 5 temporary buffer stop

Temporary Platform 2 extension at Sheffield Park

Platform 2 extension at Sheffield Park It has long been an issue that the end coach must have the end door locked by the ...

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Temporary Buffer Stops

Horsted Keynes Platform 5 Temporary Buffer Stops During Christmas season when normal services are not running, platforms 4 and 5 are not used. Instead, ...

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Unused Bridge sections sold

Rother Valley purchases two bridge sections. The Rother Valley has purchased two bridge sections that had been is store for a number of years ...

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The completed South end of Platforms 1 and 2

Horsted Keynes Platform 1 and 2 refurbishment

Work undertaken over much of 2024 A major task for much of 2024 has been bringing Horsted Platform 2 back up to standard and ...

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Horsted Keynes Platform 2 Work

Repairs to Horsted Keynes Platform 2 September 2024 Work is now underway on Platform 2 at Horsted Keynes at the south end. The coping ...

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Fishplate Lubrication

New Fishplate Lubricating Equipment Fishplates need to be lubricated regularly to allow the track to expand and contract with temperature. Traditionally, this has involved ...

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Down Yard Crossing

Completion of the HK Down Yard Crossing – Summer 2024 The infrastructure team have completed the vehicular crossing over all the new trackwork in ...

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Fencing Gang

The Fencing Gang has retired Over the years the Sunday fencing gang have been stalwart workers behind the lines mending fences all around the ...

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Signal Posts

‘New’ HK and SP Signal Posts – Summer 2024 A ‘background’ task is to construct some signal posts out of old rail. ...

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Safety Fencing on wing walls

Regulatory Changes We are now required to fence off the wing walls of our over-bridges. We are installing post and rail fencing with concrete ...

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Widening the Narrows

Clearance and Fence Realignment Spring/Summer 2024 Just north of Kingscote station lies a section of the railway unofficially known as “The Narrows”. This is ...

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