A WEEK of work between Faversham, Canterbury East and Dover Priory is due to be carried out this month, to protect the railway from landslips.
Between February 11-18, Network Rail will spend some £3m stabilising several cuttings and embankments, by reducing the steepness of the slopes leading down to the track, and installing rock netting to prevent rocks and earth from falling onto trains. A 30m reinforced concrete wall will also be installed at the bottom of the cutting at Selling Tunnel – one of the most at-risk sites for landslips – as part of the overall plans to protect the line.