Dawlish Railway Line

[JJ McClure]

Typical health and safety nonsense.

Probably the BBC's fault.

 

[Seaber]

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

Karma.

He's an Auror.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

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.

Would go with there on that,lets face it H & S will be calling the shots now.yet amazingly this time last week it was ok !!

 

[£1.99]

Could be turned into a fantastic cycle path.

 

[Luke93]

Could be turned into a fantastic cycle path.

The Green Party are itching to go!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

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...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster

 

[Fungus]

The lines still there, whats the problem?

Indeed. Easy opportunity to turn it into a zip-wire and charge extra.

Four zip-wires, in fact.

 

[Berty23]

I grew up in South Devon and went along that line many times. Incredible views. It was quite unnerving with the odd wave hitting the train.

It was an ingenious bit of design from Brunel along that coast.

 

[Grombleton]

 

[Norman Potting]

One for the train spotters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26125244

Trying to figure out what the loco is in photo 6 - "Britannia" class or 9F - perhaps I should add a poll? And which "Warship" is it running "wrong line" in photo 7?