Explosive Railway Damage
As you might have seen on the news; Dawlish Railway took a direct hit last night. Two huge sections of sea wall have collapsed leaving the rails dangling and houses falling into the sea.
In answer to the debate on re-routing this famous line:
If a new line were to be commissioned elsewhere it would cost hundreds of millions and go through valuable arable land. The English Riviera has millions of visitors a year, and they would be unable to travel. The towns of Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Torquay would fail and finally the finest piece of railway in Britain would be lost.
The alternative is, for a fraction of the cost, a proper outer sea wall and better designed promenade (which was always flawed where the damage was done).
Explosive Railway Damage
As you might have seen on the news; Dawlish Railway took a direct hit last night. Two huge sections of sea wall have collapsed leaving the rails dangling and houses falling into the sea.
In answer to the debate on re-routing this famous line:
If a new line were to be commissioned elsewhere it would cost hundreds of millions and go through valuable arable land. The English Riviera has millions of visitors a year, and they would be unable to travel. The towns of Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Torquay would fail and finally the finest piece of railway in Britain would be lost.
The alternative is, for a fraction of the cost, a proper outer sea wall and better designed promenade (which was always flawed where the damage was done).