Dawlish

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Dawlish

Station code: DWL National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the South Devon Railway.




Chronology Dates

01/10/2001South Devon Railway
Work to reinforce the seawall at Dawlish begins, a £2.5M scheme.

News items

30/11/2023Network Rail releases footage of Dawlish sea wall withstanding this months Storm Ciarn as the project scoops the top prize at annual awards ceremony [Network Rail]
31/10/2023Automated cliff monitoring protects Dawlish railway [Railway Gazette]
31/08/2022Dawlish railway better protected as new sea wall reaches key milestone [Network Rail]
31/01/2022Calls to reopen alternative rail route as main SW line impacted [Calstock Today]
24/09/2021Finishing touches completed on first section of Dawlish sea wall [Network Rail]
04/05/2021Plans approved for rockfall shelter extension to protect vital stretch of railway in Devon [Network Rail]
25/02/2021Plans submitted for rockfall shelter extension to protect vital stretch of railway in Devon [Network Rail]
05/02/2021New sea wall helping protect railway through Dawlish seven years on from devastating storm [Network Rail]
15/05/2020Dawlish sea wall contributes £3 million to South Devon economy [Rail Engineer]
01/06/2019Dawlish sea wall: £30m work to secure railway 'for 100 years' [BBC News]