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Dawlish Warren provides a natural breakwater which protects the Exe Estuary, nearby villages and main railway line from the sea. The EA said it would keep a close eye on the tides and weather ...
A new sea wall is protecting a railway track which was destroyed in a fierce storm say rail chiefs. Part of the line, which runs along a stretch of beach at Dawlish in Devon, was washed away by ...
meaning people will be able to walk between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren along the entire length of the new sea wall. The overall £80m Department for Transport-funded project – which will also ...
A hole appeared in the sea wall at Dawlish in Devon on Tuesday night as trains were forced to stop by waves crashing over them. A section of wall was destroyed in storms last winter, leaving ...
The rail line at Dawlish on the south Devon coast has been closed after the sea wall was breached. Flooding and debris blocked the line after up to 15 metres of fencing and stones were displaced ...
This week’s video comes from Dawlish in Devon where a WaveWalker is helping Network Rail and BAM Nuttall build a new section of sea wall. Construction of the £80m upgrade, which began on November 10, ...
The tempest took a gouge out of the sea wall that defends Dawlish ... have been sidelined into the sidings at Dawlish Warren station – where a 21st-century local train, not nearly so elegant ...
Less than three months after it was unveiled, Network Rail are investigating a problem with the new £80m Dawlish sea wall. The sea wall, which is designed to protect the Great Western mainline ...
The sea wall at Dawlish beach. Credit: Network Rail The sea wall runs from Dawlish to Dawlish Warren and is popular with walkers and runners, but parts of it have no lights or protective handrail.
Dawlish Warren provides a natural breakwater which protects the Exe Estuary, nearby villages and main railway line from the sea. The EA said it would keep a close eye on the tides and weather ...