Yes, it really will not help. The overall local picture is dire, as you probably know - I have only seen waterlogged fields on the Kent/Sussex boundary on this scale once or twice before. Many of the local back roads yesterday were completely flooded and the main roads are struggling to cope as well. And now there are suggestions a railway embankment on the Up line north of Wivelsfield may be slipping, with trains under caution, causing big delays. The landslip near Guildford may worsen as well. Eridge is nearly underwater. Not heard anything much about the Arun Valley, surprisingly, but no doubt it may come.
The first few trains of the day made it through OK, but it looks like the driver of 0750 Redhill to Tonbridge service spotted the issue and the line has been closed since then. A freight service from Dollands Moor to Daventry was sent on the line towards Redhill before the full scale of the damage was known, and subsequently 'rescued' by a light engine move and taken back towards Dollands Moor.
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