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« Reply #210 on: January 26, 2026, 22:45:28 »
Video footage from YouTube - 12 minutes.
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« Reply #211 on: January 27, 2026, 06:53:19 »
Dawlish station at high tide 24th January:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhceusV2Eqw
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« Reply #212 on: January 27, 2026, 09:14:34 »
Quote from: RobT on January 27, 2026, 06:53:19
Dawlish station at high tide 24th January:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhceusV2Eqw



Ew. Poor station lifts. Thanks for posting that.

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« Reply #213 on: January 27, 2026, 17:56:02 »
Delays to services at Dawlish

Due to severe weather at Dawlish all lines are blocked.

Train services running through this station may be delayed by up to 30 minutes. Disruption is expected until 18:30 27/01.
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Due to reports of metal and brickwork falling onto the track in the Dawlish area all trains are on stop whilst we investigate
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« Reply #214 on: January 27, 2026, 18:00:50 »
It is the small bridge/viaduct which takes the railway over the access to the beach just to the west of Dawlish railway station.
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« Reply #215 on: February 03, 2026, 11:01:57 »
Quote from: Mark A on January 26, 2026, 10:00:24
That installation needed to have been designed by a nautical architect.

Me: not experienced as a nautical architect, but aware that, say, farm animals, in poor weather, do not by choice stand facing the prevailing wind: wishing I'd had more input into the design than just the opportunity given (and taken) to comment on the planning application.

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[edit] DWL▸ (Dawlish station) mention =- grahame

Today: https://stationlifts.org.uk/DWL

Historical availability data for Dawlish's lifts: not exactly upbeat either.

https://stationlifts.org.uk/DWL/history

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« Reply #216 on: February 03, 2026, 20:23:11 »
Weird - click on that link for DWL▸ (Dawlish station) & it throws a 404 Error - but type it in & it works Huh Huh
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« Reply #217 on: February 03, 2026, 20:47:20 »
Quote from: ChrisB on February 03, 2026, 20:23:11
Weird - click on that link for DWL▸ (Dawlish station) & it throws a 404 Error - but type it in & it works Huh Huh

I have edited the post so that it now works.     There is an incompatability between our home-made acronyms expander and URLs which just happen to include one of those acronyms.
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