Dawlish Sea Wall

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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

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First concrete panels installed in new Dawlish Sea Wall

New Sea Wall starts to take shape at Dawlish

17 Feb

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Green light for ‘802s’ to continue Dawlish running

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

2 Dec

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: The case for Okehampton reopening

JIM STEER examines the business and economic needs that must be considered and satisfied by an Exeter-Plymouth rail reopening skirting the north of Dartmoor

19 Nov

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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

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New Dawlish sea wall work paused for summer season

Construction of new sea wall at Dawlish paused until September

26 Jul

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

Network Rail submits plans for new sea wall at Dawlish

5 Feb

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Geological study to furnish Sea Wall resilience plans

Study lasting at least six weeks launched by Network Rail for Sea Wall resilience

16 May

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Rebuilding Dawlish

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

9 Sept

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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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£500 million plan for Devon sea wall

Network Rail planning a 400-metre-long causeway around 30 metres into the sea at Teignmouth, to act as a wave-breaker to prevent cliff falls in the area.

24 Oct

A Great Western High Speed Train passes Dawlish on April 10. MARK PIKE.

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PICTURE: Waves batter Dawlish sea wall

Some of the strongest winds since February 2014 battered the sea wall at Dawlish on April 10.

11 Apr

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Saving the South West’s services

A major new study warns that rising sea levels could cause massive disruption at Dawlish by 2040 - with big implications for other coastal railways too

Climate adaptation 20 Jan