toward the bottom it talks about "the implementation of a service from Okehampton to Exeter and the re-opening of the line from Plymouth and Bere Alston to Tavistock".
Makes sense if the demand is there and it gives a better carbon footprint than all the equivalent car journeys.
What doesn't make sense is that proposal for the new, "improved", rail link from London to Birmingham (?). Something like £15-20 billion isn't it for only first stage to shave 15-20 minutes off someone's journey. £15-20bn would provide quite a lot of child support. Reminds me of that scene in Blackadder where Blackadder compares the battle losses with the justification of moving the General's drinks cabinet 5 minutes closer to Berlin!
"New station at Marsh Barton"? That part of the article reads as a fact rather than wishful thinking, is that so? Re-opening the Plymouth to Tavistock after 50 years though is surely in the realms of fantasy? Anyway, are you suggesting that if by some miracle it did re-open, that this would impact Dawlish?
"Anyway, are you suggesting that if by some miracle it did re-open, that this would impact Dawlish?"
Yes.
Because.......... it could set the scene for a connection to then be made inland between Tavistock and Okehampton.
Mega bucks stuff I know but........if we accept that sea levels are rising and if, as is the case, the only way presently by rail to/from the south- west past Exeter is via the Dawlish line then an alternative route may well have to be considered.
And should that inland rail line ever be built then yes, I do think it would have an impact on Dawlish.
Don't you?