Dawlish Sea Wall breached again - Is it time for an alternative route? | Ep 121

The Dawlish Sea Wall collapses in two places after Storm Ingrid hits Devon and Cornwall. Is it time for a new route between Exeter and Plymouth?

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander signs agreements with Northern leaders, but what do they actually commit to?

And the ORR makes a stunning confession over the Avanti West Coast ‘Ghost’ train

In this episode:

00:00 Intro
00:39 Dawlish Sea Wall breach
26:42 Northern Powerhouse Rail ‘compacts’
31:53 ORR’s Avanti West Coast ‘Ghost’ train confession
40:22 Mark Phillips interview teaser
44:08 Thanks to Supporters
45:47 Railway News Round-up
45:50 Chair of GBR search begins
49:07 HS2 tunnelling to Euston starts
50:16 West Coast Main Line ‘upgrades’
53:22 Former GWR shed gone
55:07 LNER caves to pressure over Peterborough stop
01:00:45 The Quiz
01:05:27 £113.5k Funding for Spey Viaduct

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