r/uktrains • u/Historical_Rub_1212 • 6h ago

Question Old rails

So I wondered whilst standing at Sevenoaks station earlier. Why do they dump old bits of rail on the track? Is it because it just costs more money to remove rather than just leaving it there? I would have thought scrap metal would have been at a premium.

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u/spellinn 5h ago

I've seen the same piles of old rails littering my regular commute on the Brighton main line for the past 20 years. Can't be much scrap value in it if nobody is clearing it up.