RAILSCOT | Bournemouth Cliff Lift damaged in landslip [BBC News]

Bournemouth Cliff Lift damaged in landslip [BBC News]

Date: 25/04/2016

A huge landslip in Bournemouth has damaged a cliff lift and crushed a toilet block. A stretch of the cliff in East Cliff fell away at 05:00 BST taking with it an array of fencing and benches. Luke Watkins, assistant senior ranger for Bournemouth Borough Council, said: ^It^s one of the largest slips I^ve seen.^ No-one was injured but the area has been cordoned off by the authority. More movement is expected at the site over the next two days. [From Mark Bartlett]

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Huge cliff landslip crushes toilets

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A huge landslip in Bournemouth damages a cliff lift and crushes a toilet block.

PICTURES: Toilets, cliff path and steps destroyed in East Cliff collapse

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This is the scene on the promenade after a major landslip

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Eastcliff is the oldest of Bournemouth's three cliff railways, but only by three months, having opened in April 1908. It is also the tallest, rising to 170' above the East Promenade on a gradient of almost 1:1. Seen here in May 2014, the Routemaster bus was in town for the annual Wheels Festival.
Location: Bournemouth Cliff Lifts
Company: Bournemouth Borough Council
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Bournemouth Cliff Lift damaged in landslip [BBC News]

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