THE LEASE THEN HELD BY THE RAILWAY EXPIRED IN JANUARY 2009 BUT NEGOTIATIONS RESULTED IN THE RAILWAY BEING SAVED ALTHOUGH NO PUBLIC TRAINS RAN IN 2009. THE LINE WAS FULLY REOPENED IN 2012 WHEN TRAINS RAN FROM KEMSLEY DOWN RAILWAY STATION OVER THE SITTINGBOURNE VIADUCT TO SITTINGBOURNE VIADUCT RAILWAY STATION.
