A derailed train left stranded on the side of a railway track for more than two months has finally been removed.

A high-speed Javelin train came off its tracks while in a depot area in Ramsgate last autumn.

The vehicle, moving at low speed, was not in service and empty when the incident happened under the Manston Road bridge near Ramsgate railway station on November 28.

No one was injured in the derailment.

Work has begun to recover the train on Saturday and saw engineers able to remove it yesterday (Sunday).

Images - sent to KentOnline by former train driver and school safety advisor John Horton - showed more than a dozen contractors attending to it during this time.

A Quattro Group digger and other equipment was also seen at the site adjacent to Warre Recreation Ground.

A spokesperson for the Southeastern-Network Rail Alliance said: "Over the weekend our teams successfully removed the Class 395 train from the sidings at Ramsgate.

“This activity was timed to coincide with planned weekend engineering work in the area to prevent any disruption to passengers, which has now been completed.”

Plans to move the stranded train were originally delayed due to a need for specialist equipment.

Despite the initial incident causing major delays for passengers in the area, the stranded train had not been affecting scheduled services.

Further details of the cause of the derailment have not yet been revealed but an investigation is being carried out to establish the full facts.

The train was also daubed with graffiti within days of the crash - something which has been reported to British Transport Police.