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Dawlish

Dawlish sea wall

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Dawlish shows engineering at its best

“Extremes of feelings” is how Network Rail Programme Engineering Manager Emma Lewis contrasts the polar-opposite events at Dawlish on February 4 2014 and July 3 2023. On that first date, high winds and strong waves punched a 100-metre hole through the Great Western Main Line’s Sea Wall defences alongside Riviera Terrace.

Engineering 1 May

News

New fencing and rock nets to boost Dawlish resilience

Network Rail is to install new fencing and rock nets at Dawlish, after the granting of £32 million by the Department for Transport.

8 Apr

News

Wavewalker starts work at Dawlish

Work begins on second phase of Dawlish resilience scheme

11 Nov

News

Network Rail reveals next phase of Dawlish resilience scheme

Dawlish station could be protected by a new high-level promenade as part of Network Rail's resilience plans for the sea wall route

28 May

News

First concrete panels installed in new Dawlish Sea Wall

New Sea Wall starts to take shape at Dawlish

17 Feb

News

Between a rock and a wet place…

While work is under way on strengthening the sea wall at Dawlish, the biggest part of Network Rail’s resilience project is yet to come. ANDREW RODEN reports

6 Feb

News

Public consultation begins on Devon Sea Wall project

Network Rail consulting on plans for new sea wall near Teignmouth

6 Feb

News

Green light for ‘802s’ to continue Dawlish running

Hitachi's Class 802s able to operate in poor weather on sea wall

2 Dec

News

Network Rail prepares to restart Dawlish sea wall reinforcement work

Network Rail targets Spring 2020 completion for £30 million Dawlish sea wall project

5 Sept

News

New Dawlish sea wall work paused for summer season

Construction of new sea wall at Dawlish paused until September

26 Jul

News

Five years on, Network Rail reveals first plan for Dawlish resilience

Network Rail submits plans for new sea wall at Dawlish

5 Feb

News

DfT explores options for interim “Dawlish-proof” trains

Engineering solution investigated to allow Voyagers to run along Devon Sea Wall during bad weather

4 Feb

News

Dawlish sea wall studies near conclusion

Network Rail nears end of sea wall studies

12 Jul

News

Network Rail’s 100-year plan to keep Dawlish line open

Government-funded studies underway regarding Devon resilience

25 May

News

EXCLUSIVE: Sea Wall extension plan to offer extra Dawlish resilience

Network Rail's ambitious £300 million plans to extend Devon sea wall to boost resilience

9 May

News

Dawlish Sea Wall damaged

Dawlish Sea Wall closed as Storm Emma punches hole in infrastructure

2 Mar

Recently reformed CrossCountry 221144 departs Dawlish on January 26 with the 1404 Paignton-Manchester Piccadilly. 100 metres of the sea wall collapsed just beyond the station, and now almost four years later the Government is being accused of gambling with the region’s economy due to the lack of a permanent solution to the railway’s resilience. DAVID HUNT.

News

Government “gambling” with South West economy

Four years after storms closed the railway at Dawlish, the Peninsula Rail Task Force (PRTF) says Government is “gambling with the region’s economy”.

9 Feb

News

EXCLUSIVE: NR confirms commitment to strengthen Dawlish defences

Network Rail’s Western Route Managing Director Mark Langman pledges NR’s commitment to making the coastal route at Dawlish more resilient.

9 Sept

News

Rebuilding Dawlish

As NR commits to Dawlish, RICHARD CLINNICK provides a pictorial report on the repairs carried out at Dawlish in 2014

9 Sept

News

Reconnecting the South West

The Sea Wall at Dawlish was breached by storms three years ago. NR remains committed, but what are the alternatives?

9 Sept

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