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Title: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: woody on March 02, 2018, 10:11:56 The police have declared a major incident in Dawlish, which is between Exeter and Cornwall, after a section of sea wall under the railway line collapsed.
Network Rail said it had pulled all repair staff away from working on a 50m (165ft) section of track at Dawlish. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-26044426/uk-storms-dawlish-sea-wall-collapses-under-the-railway-line Here we go again. Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: bobm on March 02, 2018, 10:20:59 Think that is an archive report from 2014.
Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: SandTEngineer on March 02, 2018, 10:21:13 ...err. Thats February 2014.... ::)
The latest (February 2018) update is here http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19420.0 Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: froome on March 02, 2018, 14:28:58 I do wonder how much fake news starts its life from people picking up old stories from t'internet and forwarding them on.
Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: bobm on March 02, 2018, 14:34:45 The BBC does have a problem occasionally when a lot of people start looking at an old story, it gets promoted on the site. A bit like when an old topic gets bumped here.
Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: broadgage on March 02, 2018, 22:55:12 I am an admin of an unrelated forum.
It sometimes happens that someone makes a posting that is factually correct, but misleading perhaps because it is archive news rather than current. If this is in my view a misunderstanding, then I move the thread to "off topic" and edit the title to include "archive reports" or some such. If in my view the post is a deliberate attempt to mislead, then I simply delete it. Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 02, 2018, 23:04:08 With my thanks to 'broadgage' for his comments, and my apologies to 'woody' (who I believe started this topic in good faith), I'll now lock this topic and refer our readers to a discussion of the latest (February 2018) problems on the Dawlish sea wall, at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19420.0
Hope this helps. CfN. ;) Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: SandTEngineer on October 29, 2018, 22:14:24 Some good news but a funny time to do the work: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/immediate-step-to-protect-vital-railway-artery-in-the-south-west-to-start-in-november#
Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: ellendune on October 29, 2018, 22:40:05 Some good news but a funny time to do the work: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/immediate-step-to-protect-vital-railway-artery-in-the-south-west-to-start-in-november# I suppose there was a need to avoid the tourist season. Also the worst time for storms is generally September to October. Title: Re: UK storms: Dawlish sea wall collapses under the railway line (February 2014) Post by: JayMac on October 29, 2018, 23:22:25 Some good news but a funny time to do the work: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/immediate-step-to-protect-vital-railway-artery-in-the-south-west-to-start-in-november# (https://i.postimg.cc/nzDJJTm6/sticking-plasters-2380410.jpg) (https://postimages.org/) DAL, now! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |