People dicing with death by walking on the railway line at Dawlish have been blasted by Network Rail and British Transport Police. In one incident a passenger train was forced to stop because people ...

Train passengers disembarking at storm hit Dawlish station received a shock when they were soaked by a huge wave. The fragile stretch of train line between Exeter and Plymouth bore the brunt of this ...

The main railway at Dawlish is to remain closed throughout the afternoon as heavy rain and huge waves continue to batter the region. Trains are not running between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot as ...

The design of the 26ft (8m) high sea wall, which is 8ft (2.5m) taller than the previous one, followed years of detailed studies The final section of an £80m sea wall, which aims to protect a railway ...

A 300-strong Network Rail team rebuilt the track at a cost of £35m after it was swept away along with part of the sea wall in early February, cutting off the service linking Cornwall and much of Devon ...

Work is due to start this month on the new footbridge for Dawlish railway station as part of a £1m improvement project. Contractors BAM Nuttall intend to begin preparatory works this month. The ...

People fled their homes in Dawlish as the ground beneath them fell away The storm destruction of the railway line connecting Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK will cost the South West economy ...

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A railway line that washed into the sea in 2014 will be protected "for generations to come" by a new wall, Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris said. The minister officially opened the first section of ...

Dawlish Station is to get a new footbridge made of plastic. Credit: Network Rail Work is due to start this month on the new footbridge for Dawlish railway station as part of a £1m improvement project.