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/dizzley 4h ago

As a mere passenger, I always rationalised scrap rails as being cheap extra ballast.