EAST GRINSTEAD — Live News Network Rail engineers and suppliers are on site and working...

Published: 2:50 pm January 22, 2023
Updated: 9:50 am October 8, 2025
Engineers Begin Repairs To Lingfield Landslip, Which Closed The Railway Between Hurst Green And East Grinstead

Network Rail engineers and suppliers are on site and working to repair a landslip in Surrey that closed the railway between East Grinstead and Hurst Green on Tuesday.

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The line had to be blocked after a 10-metre stretch of a 7-metre-high embankment slipped away from the railway, around half a mile towards London from Lingfield station*. In addition, cracks spread six metres on either side of the slip site, leading to fears it could get worse if action wasn’t taken immediately

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