Heritage railway extension will link it to the mainline railway again

A long standing ambition to connect a heritage railway to the mainline network has taken a step forward after it was granted permission to rebuild a section of a disused railway.
The railways – overlay on Google Map
There are two separate organisations involved – the Kent & East Sussex Railway which runs a heritage line between Tenterden and Bodiam, and the Rother Valley Railway which is looking to reinstate a lost railway between Bodiam and Robertsbridge.
The key benefit of the