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Warnings came in Victorian era Wednesday, 05 March 2014 Folly of cuts and closures is exposed by abnormal weather Michael McArdell, of Braintree, Essex, writes: The folly behind cuts and closures has been and continues to be exposed by the abnormal weather conditions striking the West Country and Wales since Christmas. Dawlish, where the only remaining main line railway to ...
If you scroll down this link you will come across contributions from our MP Anne Marie Morris. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140226/halltext/140226h0001.htm
But I'm not talking about building a never ending barrier around the whole of the British Isles, am I? I'm talking about how to protect cliffs that house tunnels that have trains running in 'em on the one and only rail line in and out of the south west.
What I am asking Leatash, is if a breakwater would help protect the cliffs that have the tunnels going through 'em (is it two or three tunnels between Dawlish and Teignmouth?) on this one and only rail route in and out of the south west. And if not a breakwater, then what?
Would a breakwater be of help?
@neilh - do you (or anyone else for that matter) know if those cliffs have any protection from the sea? cos if not, shouldn't it be the case that they should have, given as they've got the railway running inside 'em(!) and the plainly obvious erosion the sea has already caused.
This is what the Mirror map shows for Teignbridge. Teignbridge Harbuck Housing, £253191 New Dawn Lettings, £111311 Cornerstone, £80944 Devon Rose, £73194 Barley Manor Properties, £55021 "On 30 January 1991 the then housing minister Sir George Young was asked in parliament what the government was going to do about unaffordable rents. ‘Housing benefit will ...
and am I right in thinking Neil that those cliffs have one of the Dawlish/Teignmouth coastal railway tunnels running inside? If you look to the extreme left of the picture, about half way up, it looks like the nose/backend of a train that is just about to enter/has just left the tunnel. They say a picture speaks a thousand words............
Q67 Mr Sanders: The whole of the west country is very grateful for the work that is being done— the very hard work in the very difficult conditions in which it is being undertaken by Network Rail staff. We are also grateful to First Great Western ’ s customer support staff, who are doing a fabulous job of helping customers transfer from train to coach and coach to train and also keeping ...
The picture shown with this article is taken from the Teignmouth end of the railway. Note the houses to the back of the picture situated on the cliff. These houses (and the cliff!) are protected from the sea by the railway. No railway, no coastal defences, no cliffs, no houses? ...
