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16/10/2023 Network Rail looks to the next stages of south Devon railway resilience as rockfall shelter is completed [Network Rail] The completion of a new rockfall shelter marks a major milestone for Network Rail's programme of work to protect the iconic coastal railway between Exeter and Newton Abbot from extreme weather. (Permalink) Exeter Holcombe Newton Abbot Parsons Tunnel Rockfall shelter Parson^s Tunnel: The completion of a new rockfall shelter marks a major milestone for Network Rail’s programme of work to protect the iconic coastal railway between Exeter and Newton Abbot from extreme weather. ... Network Rail /10/2023 Parson^s Tunnel: This is part of the new Rockfall Shelter which will be installed to extend Parson's Tunnel to protect the South Devon line from rockfalls. The tunnel is located alongside the sea between Dawlish and H ... Network Rail //2022 Network Rail
06/01/2023 Wood you believe it ... timber trains at Newton Abbot station [Mid-Devon Advertiser] The mystery of construction work and clearance going on at Hackney railway sidings near Newton Abbot Racecourse can now be solved. Its so that a new freight service can begin, taking trees from across the South West by rail to sawmills in the north. [The article is illustrated with a photograph taken at Georgemas. -RS] (Permalink) Newton Abbot Timber Mid-Devon Advertiser
24/02/2022 Timber 'log trains' return to Devon [DevonLive] Freight train carried a total of 320 tonnes of timber in eight wagons from Newton Abbot to Wales. (Permalink) Abergavenny Colas Rail Network Rail Newton Abbot Railfreight Timber Newton Abbot: A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail. The timber, felled in ... Network Rail 23/02/2022 DevonLive
23/02/2022 Seeing the wood for the trees: Pilot project takes more lorries off the roads as timber freight train runs for the first time in 18 years [Network Rail] A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004, thanks to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail. (Permalink) Abergavenny Colas Rail Network Rail Newton Abbot Railfreight Timber Network Rail