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From BBC Spotlight's Facebook page: South West MPs fighting to stop changes to rail services say they've made little headway today but have vowed to carry on. They met with rail bosses to try to stop plans by the rail company Crosscountry to cut services from the Midlands and the North into South Devon. It's proposed that from next year all but one of the long distance services to-and-from ...
Thanks ZIGGY, I happened to come across the thread detailing the possible routes, although it seems that those in charge, have said the link between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot is a higher priority than the link between Dawlish and Teignmouth.
According to the Dawlish Gazette: Beyond the town centre, there are a number of options for taking the route via The Lawn and out of Dawlish. Ultimately, the long term plan is for this route to join up with the trail at Teignmouth , Bishopsteignton and Newton Abbot.
After reading the above link, I had to laugh where it states 'funding options for two VITAL cycle links in Teignbridge are being explored' To state that this pet project is vital is laughable in a sad way. All I have seen so far, from what has been put in place already for the cycle path through Dawlish. Is the pedestrian walkways and the road coming into Dawlish have been down graded in ...
Anyone know where this cycle path is supposed to go when it gets into Dawlish?
I want them behind bars for treason
The goverment must arrange its own independent count of passenger numbers throughout the year, but I still say that CC must continue the existing timetable
This was the steps leading to the station. See more pics... http://www.dawlish.com/photo?albumid=1630
Yes Lynne he did and his statistics have since proved to be utterly and completey inaccurate as corrupt MPs (nothing new there then!) were involved and were cashing in on road building programmes. This is a fact which has been publicly aired in various TV Programmes.
Didn't Beeching do some kind of similar statistical analysis back in the 60s in order to justify closing down loads of branch lines and/or stations?