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   XPost: uk.railway   
   From: recliner.ng@btinternet.com   
      
   Phil Kane  wrote:   
   > On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 20:20:52 +0000, Charles Ellson    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Why are those lines being dug up?   
   >>>   
   >> "Planned engineering work"   
   >   
   >> The Planned Works Calendar shows it going on until the 30th so it   
   >> looks like a wholesale bit of track replacement/re-arrangement   
   >> in/around the area.   
   >   
   > OK, that looks like the "what".  But why does that involve digging.   
      
   From the line's Twitter feed:   
   "Earls Court #trackrenewal - first section of old rail/ballast removed   
   -Engineers working 24/7 to replace 3 life expired junctions over the next 7   
   days to improve speed and reliability."   
      
   It's the removal of the ballast that involves digging.   
      
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