howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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howard,did the train at lydenn halt get any punters.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Tide must be in?
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/116745.aspx
Damage to the railway caused by sea water means that trains cannot run from Dover Priory towards Folkestone Central. This is expected to continue until 16:00.Jan Higgins
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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just been told the bridge has collapsed as well.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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What bridge is that Brian?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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the one that crosses the line at the bottom of the cliff path,you can see it in the background in one of the photos on the express pictures.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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false alarm,just went to look my self,and its still standing.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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The steps down to Shakespeare beach have been exposed right down to the bottom at recent times. So it seems a lot of shingle has been washed away.
It might be that the ballast has gone from behind the retaining wall down to the beach?
see also
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Byf8tcAIqc_iT185eV81ZHJfSE0&usp=sharing&hootPostID=301ffb2152284d29a35eeb82dc846749howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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There must be concerns about the long term viability of the line between Dover and Folkestone, I cannot see Network Rail continually forking out just for a temporary solution each time.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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be better if they done a permanent fix,
Karlos- Location: Dover
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The line is now closed until at least Tuesday morning.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Now the line is not expected to re-open until the end of January.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/116877.aspxReginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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Radio kent is now saying the line is likely to be closed until end of March!
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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That is if it does ever open again. Who is responsible for rebuilding the sea wall?
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Absolute disaster.The unthinkable has happened.
Says end of February in the article.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Yet again Dover is left sucking the hind tit when resources are needed. Can our politicians please get their arses in gear and get central government funding for permanent repairs?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson