Dawlish Railway Line

[drew]

Having seen the video of the unsupported railway line near Dawlish, surely that is an ideal job for International Rescue!!!!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I've travelled on that line many times. It's dreadful how it has just collapsed where the sea wall has gone.

 

[LamieRobertson]

i stood on that station platform last year...its a very picturesque bit of track hugging the coastline and in and out of small tunnels ...teignmouth to dawlish and beyond

 

[goldstone]

They shouldn't have closed the alternative route from Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton. Parts of it are still operational (Exeter to Okehampton and Bere Alston to Plymouth) and they have recently been talking of extending eastwards from Bere Alston to Tavistock. That would only leave Tavistock to Okehampton to be reinstated and they'd have an alternative route well away from the coast.

 

[Beach Hut]

Minimum 6 months if it is anything like what has happened to the North Wales railway line.

Tragedy as very scenic and iconic bit of railway line.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

The sea crashes over that wall onto the track at high tide when the sea is only choppy. The storm down here last night was biblical so no real surprise that the wall finally gave way but still shocking.
If nobody has seen it yet watch the news or video of Porthleven and watch a wave strip the tiles off a roof.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Dawlish doesn't even sound like a real place.

 

[Gullys Cats]

Always wanted to ride the train along there!

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Dawlish doesn't even sound like a real place.

Couple of weeks and it might not be...

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think there was a villain in Harry Potter called Dawlish.

Karma.

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

I think there was a villain in Harry Potter called Dawlish.

Karma.

Glad I'm not the only other person who was thinking this when I saw that

 

[Worthingite]

Used to go to uni in Plymouth and if it's the bit I'm thinking of, it was my favorite part of the journey. Really sad, and going to cost the area a fortune in the long run

 

[Return of the Rev]

we need a banner!

 

[Badger]

Seems like a bit of an overreaction to close the line

 

[Giraffe]

Seems like a bit of an overreaction to close the line

Typical health and safety nonsense.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Been on that line a few times as well, down to Teignmouth just after it.

Scary. Can you imagine how bad that would have been if a train had been on it or just before it when it all gave way in that storm...

 

[Bladders]

The lines still there, whats the problem?

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Nowhere near the same scale, but the line between Bexhill and St Leonards was closed yesterday afternoon and evening due to the severe high tide. "Shingle on the line" I was told.....

 

[Pinkie Brown]

The lines still there, whats the problem?

What about the poor wheelie bins? Won't somebody think of the wheelie bins?

 

[Badger]

The lines still there, whats the problem?

Indeed, maybe stick a few bricks under them and it's problem solved