Dawlish Sea Wall Collapse 2014

Dawlish sea wall collapses in storm jump to media player the police have declared a major incident in dawlish after a section of the sea wall under the railway line collapsed. Network rail began repair work and the line reopened on 4 april 2014. All eyes fell on the seaside town as network rail s orange army worked day and night to fix the line.

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The design of the new higher sea wall at dawlish and whether it will negatively impact on the amenity of the area is the only matter that planners deciding whether it should be built can consider.

Dawlish sea wall collapse 2014. Dawlish beach cams 43 154 views. A section of the sea wall in dawlish devon collapsed and left the railway to cornwall suspended in mid air. It s almost exactly four years to the day that devastating overnight storms on february 4 2014 swept the main rail route into the westcountry into the sea at dawlish. We show you unseen footage and photos of the event and explain the history of the railway and why that section of the sea wall collapsed.

A section of the wall washed away as did 80 metres of track platforms at dawlish railway station and sections of the coastal path. Unbelievable storm footage from dawlish 2014 dawlish sea wall collapse rough seas bad weather duration. Brunel dawlish sea wall collapse 6 years later this mini documentary covers the shocking storm in dawlish during february 2014. The track was swept away with part of the sea wall in early february cutting off the service linking cornwall and much of devon with the rest of the uk.

Over 4 and 5 february 2014 very strong winds and high seas severely damaged the railway line that runs through dawlish. Parts of britain have been hit by a storm which destroyed a stretch of railway forced people from their homes and left thousands without power. On the night of 4 february 2014 amid high winds and extremely rough seas part of the sea wall at dawlish was breached washing away around 40 metres 130 ft of the wall and the ballast under the railway immediately behind. The great storm of dawlish 2014.

The line was closed. The railway line in dawlish is hanging in mid air as jon kay reports. The main railway line through dawlish in devon has reopened after part of the track was destroyed during winter storms. The wall between the sea and the railway line breached.

A 300 strong network rail team has rebuilt the track at a cost of 35m.