Dawlish News
The railway from Tavistock to Plymouth can be built in five months but it will take five years because of the paperwork, a public meeting has heard. Campaigners are pushing for the work, which involves laying five miles of rail track, to be speeded up so the service can begin before 2029.
In February 2014 the region’s only rail line to the region along the South Devon coast was cut off for eight weeks when storms battered Dawlish. Chairman of local campaign group Tavi-Rail Richard Searight said the south west economy lost £1 billion, roughly what it would cost to restore the entire northern line. He said the inland route would be “more resilient” than the coastal one.
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