“Extremes of feelings” is how Network Rail Programme Engineering Manager Emma Lewis contrasts the polar-opposite events at Dawlish on February 4 2014 and July 3 2023.
On that first date, high winds and strong waves punched a 100-metre hole through the Great Western Main Line’s Sea Wall defences alongside Riviera Terrace.
Network Rail has detailed how the £82M spent on constructing the sea wall in Dawlish as part of the South West Rail Resilience Programme (SWRRP) has been
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