The EGGTWR was part of a regional race between the LB&SCR and the SER, and a specific race to access the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells:[REF] The LBSC was becoming concerned at threatened incursions by the [SER] on its territory.
Following a lack of investment for decades (since Beeching, spending on anything other than essential repairs was non-existent[REF]), by the early 1980s the track and signalling needed to be replaced.