tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post2026491154345560211..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Dawlish Becomes FamousTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-53117512315276132742014-02-08T09:51:36.425+00:002014-02-08T09:51:36.425+00:00a very interesting link about the proposed deviati...a very interesting link about the proposed deviation. But I don't think you can blame Hitler for what didn't happen after 1945. Reading between the lines I suspect the line was only promoted because of the threat of war and the importance of Plymouth as a naval base.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm sure HS3 will sort it all out........SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-27218489902621398522014-02-07T12:52:52.045+00:002014-02-07T12:52:52.045+00:00See the article here http://www.westernmorningnews...See the article here http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/ISSUE-8216-Fair-weather-railway-8217-routed-away/story-20566235-detail/story.html<br />- it is all Hitler's fault as WW2 stopped the Dawlish Avoiding Line scheme going ahead. In modern money the scheme would be about 1.5 Billion if it were still possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-12057996592539036452014-02-07T11:18:02.545+00:002014-02-07T11:18:02.545+00:00My vote:
1) In short term, get the line running a...My vote:<br /><br />1) In short term, get the line running again as soon as possible.<br /><br />2) In the medium term, build a new line between Exeter and Newton Abbot that doesn't run along the coast. Ignore which route the old lines took - the new line needs to be whatever's best for today, which may or may not be the same as the Teign Valley line. (And keep the Dawlish line as a local/diversionary route.)<br /><br />This opinion stands even if it costs hundreds of millions to build. Even if the best sea defences in the world can be built for Dawlish, we cannot go on having a main line that keeps having to be shut every time the waves get too high.<br /><br />Besides, I have so sympathy with those people of Devon and Cornwall complaining about lack of rail investment. In the long term we should look at similar treatment for London-Plymouth as London-Swansea's already getting. A Dawlish bypass can be considered a first step to achieving that.Chris Neville-Smithhttp://www.chrisnevillesmith.me.uknoreply@blogger.com