Rother Valley Railway

Part FOUR of the relay series has now been posted here https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-first-section-of-track-goes-down-4.html

 

Yes, as Harold's post and link above today the last (for the moment!) of the series posts showing the track laid to date at Rother Valley Railway.

https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026...KK21ZHIKs5ct9TcKyA_aem_Y-WPyX6rkwx1YtovTUwWcw

A big well done and a big thank you to all who are helping make that possible

Mike Hart.

 

I am intrigued with the service roads built alongside they railway foundations. Will they be covered with soil to enable plant growth?

 

Service roads? Or is it the site of the passing loop at that point?

If you're right and there are currently 'service roads' along the formation, I sincerely hope they will be returned to habitats for nature (including tree planting) once the construction is complete. It's a quiet backwater rural (former) light railway, not the East Coast Main Line

 

Thanks. I guess comments are largely out of viewing the RVR web/blog site pictures of the area where we laid the 350m of track a week ago? If that's correct then the parallel roadway you were looking at is actually the part finished formation for an eventual passing loop and so the wider formation. The embankmant sides along the length of the entire railway are being with covered with the topsoil we scrapped off the land when we started work. The natural seeds of the area are still in that top soil and will green the banks up nicely. The large field you can also see on the north side of the railway alongside much of that area was acquired for mitigation planting, along with the creation of habitats and the like. Nature will take a year or two to do it's work naturally, but nothing worse than importing alien seeds. With a bit of help nature will do its work returning the land at the side of the railway too much as it would have been. Hope that helps

Mike

 

That's great. Thanks for the answer

 

As I thought / hoped!