Dawlish Sea Wall collapses!

TheBandicoot · 05-02-2014 3:14pm #1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26042990
:eek:

metrovick001 · 05-02-2014 5:11pm

Wow, that looks bad. I walked along there many times in the 80s, great place to grice! The houses dont look like they will be there too much longer.

cbl593h · 05-02-2014 8:58pm

And people who must live under stones are turning for up trains as if not a drop of uisce has fallen.....

Taunton to Exeter is shut for Whiteball Tunnel maintenence for 3 weeks, all the problems are south of Exeter though.

end of the road · 05-02-2014 9:32pm

to me it seems it was only a matter of time before this happened

101sean · 05-02-2014 9:43pm

That stretch has had problems since it was built and is a maintenance nightmare for Network Rail, it's often affected by storms.

Wonder whether it will improve the case for re-opening the alternative L&SWR route via Okehampton north of Dartmoor, a parallel route that should never have been shut.

sawdoubters · 05-02-2014 9:47pm

sea views

corktina · 05-02-2014 10:01pm

101sean wrote: »

That stretch has had problems since it was built and is a maintenance nightmare for Network Rail, it's often affected by storms.

Wonder whether it will improve the case for re-opening the alternative L&SWR route via Okehampton north of Dartmoor, a parallel route that should never have been shut.

The Okehampton route isn't really parallel as it would involve a reversal at Exeter (if the trains continue to run from Paddington rather than Waterloo) and isn't that easy to work as it runs across the foothills of Dartmoor to a greater extent than the current line. The line to Newton Abbot would still have to remain for the Torbay trains, so you would be rebuilding a line solely for the benefit of Plymouth and Cornwall traffic. If I remember correctly you would have another reversal at Plymouth to reach Penzance.

bob425 · 06-02-2014 5:32pm

The former L&SWR route & the former Teign Valley route will not be reopened. What will probably happen at great cost is a much larger reinforced wall will be built along most of the 4 miles from Dawlish Warren to Teignmouth. The passenger will see very little of the sea and the many people who walk the Sea Wall will not see a train. It would appear that part of Brunel's GWR line is about to change forever.

end of the road · 06-02-2014 7:49pm

bob425 wrote: »

The former L&SWR route & the former Teign Valley route will not be reopened.

its doubtful i'd agree, but i would say that reopening the L&SWR route will be looked at in the future if the situation at Dawlish Warren becomes more common even with new defences

bob425 wrote: »

What will probably happen at great cost is a much larger reinforced wall will be built along most of the 4 miles from Dawlish Warren to Teignmouth. The passenger will see very little of the sea and the many people who walk the Sea Wall will not see a train. It would appear that part of Brunel's GWR line is about to change forever.

most likely but you never know, either way interesting times ahead

Dawlish Sea Wall collapses!

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