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Train delays and cancellations between Ashford International and Dover Priory due to sheep on tracks at Sandling

A flock of 40 sheep caused a nuisance on the railway - resulting in cancellations and delays to services.

Police and a farmer had to work together to herd the wandering animals off the tracks at Sandling, near Folkestone .

The sheep being rounded up this morning. Pic: BTP (41083223)
The sheep being rounded up this morning. Pic: BTP (41083223)

Train services between Ashford and Dover were suspended as a result.

The livestock got onto the tracks at about 10am.

Services were affected until about 12pm, when the sheep were cleared.

The Sandling incident comes after a train derailment in Tonbridge shortly before 7am.

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