Network Rail has issued a warning to passengers travelling between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings this Easter to plan their journeys ahead of time. The company’s engineers will be working over a nine-day period to stabilize cuttings and embankments at Wadhurst, Frant, and Snape Wood. The work is intended to prevent the likelihood and impact of landslips in the future. Buses will replace Southeastern train services between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings during this time.
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At Wadhurst and Frant, sections of a reinforced concrete wall will be built to prevent trees and soil from reaching the tracks. Meanwhile, hundreds of five-metre-long soil nails will be driven into the cutting to stabilize the slopes on sections of the line near Snape Wood. Additionally, 500m of track in Mountsfield tunnel near Robertsbridge will be replaced, and sections of the track slab rebuilt.
