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Dawlish News

Dawlish News
Dawlish News
20 Jan 2020 19:08

Proposals for the section between Holcombe and Teignmouth in Devon are aimed at preventing the line being blocked by falling rocks from cliffs.

People had been concerned the move might mean the loss of Holcombe beach.

Part of the line at Dawlish, which runs along a stretch of beach, was washed away in fierce storms in 2014, leaving much of Devon and Cornwall without a railway connection to the rest of the country.

Read more...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-51161216

leatash
leatash
21 Jan 2020 06:25

If i was Network Rail i would let the moaners have there way build a direct line from Exeter to Newton Abbot and close the seaward line i bet you any money they would soon change there minds.

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