The secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, witnesses the force of the sea at Dawlish with Network Rail's route managing director Patrick Hallgate and future chief executive Mark Carne, ...

The proposed plan is set to focus on infrastructure upgrades to withstand volatile weather.

The UK’s Network Rail has reopened the South West’s main Dawlish rail link following completion of eight weeks of repair works. The west country’s main rail line had been closed, after the winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Train departure boards were littered with cancellations when Storm Ingrid battered the South West of England last month - and for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rail passengers are facing a service shutdown on the south coast due to heavy rain and strong winds caused by Storm Ingrid.

Network Rail has tried to enhance the resilience and reliability of the railway in the south west. Credit: Network Rail A new £82m government-funded sea wall will provide passengers in the UK’s ...

Following the latest severe storms last weekend, Network Rail has updated its estimate of the time it will take to restore the railway at Dawlish. It has now advised that the railway will be repaired ...

In February 2014, a devastating storm struck the South Devon coastline at Dawlish cutting off the only railway line to the south west. Seven years on, a new sea wall that is being built by Network ...