Dawlish Sea Wall Upgrade Network Rail 4K UHD

[@stephenwilliams1269]

An alternative route should be invested in. The old Okehampton Tavistock Plymouth line has long gone but a second route should be seriously considered. This Dawlish stretch of track is beautiful when the weather is calm but so exposed when we have brutal storms which now happen with more regularity. Trains have to terminate at Exeter and passengers are shunted onto buses to Plymouth to resume journeys into Cornwall.

[@profbollo338]

Excellent video, great to see the other side of the wall and the detail of the work

[@imautuber]

I understand this wall has to be upgraded but it feels bad to me that the original wall has to be buried, its a work of art.

[@grahamsmith9462]

Interesting to see the construction process.

[@topopops]

A lot of standing about boys!

[@andyml1]

Thanks for posting - great to see progress being made. Tricky working environment for the guys though,,,,,,and special maintenance routines I expect for the vehicles working in salt and sand!

[@wamgoc]

So, they’re replacing that lovely old stone wall with horrible concrete slabs?!! Such a shame! Progress, you can keep it!

[@alanmarr3323]

You must be iincredibly stupid , concrete will be more durable and prevent flooding

[@britannia55]

Alan Marr so why then did they replace the wall that was damaged in the storm further along the line with a stone wall and not concrete ?

[@sgthree]

@@britannia55 where was that repair? I live close by here and grew up around Dawlish and apart from small temporary patch repairs, they have not built any new wall with stone in my lifetime. Teignmouth had its stone wall replaced with concrete in the 1970s and that is holding up just great. If you are talking about the repair of the breech from 2014, that was repaired with 50,000 tonnes of concrete - not stone, including the small wall between the walkway and the railway tracks.

[@qrphfradio7753]

one working and 13 supervising

[@ericktaylor-webb6711]

Its an even flatter face wall the waves will run up that wall. at least i would have thought there would have been some curve in the wall. to direct the waves back out to sea and not flood the tracks as with that wall. the waves are going to have a field day flooding the track

[@midnightstar8378]

Well said 👍

[@frededwards8585]

I agree with you. When I was younger we used to stay, for holidays, in Dymchurch Kent. This was once all marshes and the seawall built to keep the sea out was very curved at the top and the sea used to, at high tide, get thrown back on itself. Many days spent sitting on that wall at high tide.

[@CoastCams247]

There is still another 5 feet of wall to go on top yet that is supposed to have a curve but we'll have to wait and see.

[@annar6430]

@@CoastCams247 If the wall was faced with the Devonian grey /white stone and curved it would at least be in keeping with the original. Was that ever suggested?

[@breeze1472]

yes ive seen those curved defences and they do work,unless theres a cirved top to go on these panels,there are steel rods protruding somaybe

[@mark261166]

Ten standing and pointing, three occasionally doing a bit. Its going to take forever to finish that job.

[@sappersteve1443]

Health and Safety at its finest. Spot the worker up top undoing the chains on the excavator, crawling along his purpose built walkway(with railings) while his mate holds the other end?

[@barryroberts2196]

Should be finished by Christmas at this rate !!

[@peterwhitear7716]

bet lynch is making a packet out of this work at the speed they are going or not going Japanese WOULD HAVE FINNISHED IT BY NOW

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

I know this is off topic but you have summer birds singing already there? It’s beautiful to hear. We still have 4 feet of snow here and it’s dead quiet. This video makes me long for summer.

[@CoastCams247]

Summer can't come quick enough for me.

[@drdoolittle5724]

like watching paint dry!

[@stephenlittle7534]

A Big Thanks for keeping us up with what their doing. Is the Top going to point back to the sea to force the waves back out. ? But did I just see them put one piece up bring a new one down and then take it back up ????. How about timing it right. We who live here all have the tide table to hand. Yes. I even have an app.

[@rogerhudson9732]

Further along at the Warren there used to be a lovely old GWR ( the original)sign dating from the start of the line, it was in GWR cast iron lettering, cast as one piece, and it threatened that anyone taking shingle from the embankment would be prosecuted and could be sent to the penal colonies. Law and order 19th century style. This part of the line was always a problem, Beeching shouldn't have closed the Oakhampton line that could divert around Dawlish.

[@JohnnyMotel99]

If Oakhampton was still running, Dawlish would not get the investment and that whole sea wall would be in the English Channel.

[@bethdavis1812]

Does that mean when the wall is Finished train passengers won't see the beach?

[@topopops]

Beth davis yes

[@stephenlittle7534]

And we the people will see down on the trains weird yes.

[@MadPaperPeople]

would be done in 3-4 days in Japan....

[@colinsmith6280]

This modern solution of using concrete panels I wonder if Isambard Brunel would approve if he were a live today .

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

++Colin Smith++ Brunel would probably have built a beautifully curved stone structure across the bay and reclaimed the land in between whilst constructing a steamship, a couple of tunnels and most of the HS3 single handed.

[@BarnSt0rmer]

If you came here to see trains: 2:45 6:22 12:00 21:00 21:45

[@fletch61]

Will they stop for the Summer like last year ?

[@CoastCams247]

They hope to finish this section before the summer holidays.

[@standrewpics]

I see there always will be a problem with The sea wall ,with raising sea levels. The best option is to re open the old southern railway route around the north side of Dartmoor. But I guess the government are more interested in spending billions on HS2 than having a reliable railway route to and from Cornwall .

[@MegaBartle]

Where did they get the sand to fabricate those huge concrete panels? Its possible this initiative is being quite literally undermined.

[@jools2323]

They're fighting a losing battle.

[@TheWikiGuy]

What a miserable sight. Gives me hope that we will see ever stronger storms that will wash this concrete tribute to national decay into the sea. Here's hoping the vandals aren't able to do the same to the Teignmouth stretch.

[@stephenlittle7534]

Did you go to the meeting to see the layout they made of what they are doing. If it starts 2025 may it might be finished 2035 not sure on the timetable. Basically they move the tracks out further and a new footpath inside Andy land slide will cover up footpath and not the tracks or that's how I see it.

[@TheWikiGuy]

@@stephenlittle7534 I haven't been to the meetings but I've seen pictures of the model and the various videos they've released of the plans. Seems to be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I believe they're planning to start work as soon as the end of this year once the Dawlish section is done. The sea wall will be closed to the public completely for 8 years while they do it. It's barmy that they can just cover an iconic structure like that in concrete.

[@SirHackaL0t.]

Such a waste of money having all those people standing around. The two up top who are tied in, the one in the cab seem to be doing work. The rest? No idea. No wonder it takes so long to get any projects competed and the increased cost involved in keeping people employed standing around in orange.

[@locouk]

Why didn’t they shut the beach and do the upgrade when it’s *not* storm season? The powers that be, the (Tory) council must have realised long ago that this work needed doing. Why leave it until the very last minute?

[@niamh_20]

Are not Network Rail responsible for this work, not the council ?

[@caesarfelixrusii]

Я вообще ничего не понял, что эти 15 бездельников там полчаса делают?

[@luismunozpachon5609]

LA MAR QUIERE SU TERRITORIO Y EL HOMBRE QUIERE QUITARLE,,QUE PASARA QUE LA FUERZA DE LA MADRE NATURALEZA ES MAS FUERTE,,

[@spoerers]

There's a fair few armchair experts in this post! I doubt I can see enough to make judgements about what they're doing and whether they could do it any faster. Anyway; does anyone know if the concrete wall facing is going to be covered with a stone or other facade material?

[@jamesvickers5551]

Not work rail on the job i notice.just standing around looking at the work. Pathetic

[@danceingdave3]

Stop work! We need the remaining panels for Trump's wall!

[@orsoncart9441]

Yawn! the british workman at his best. The Chinese whould have had it done three days.

[@stephenporter5886]

What an ugly solution. Surely there must be a more elegant way to strengthen the sea wall than this? What an eyesore !!

[@christhegamernancarrow8137]

Did anyone here shouting

[@graham9060]

A bit slower than the work on Trump's wall