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Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
As at 5th February 2025 12:54 GMT
 
Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
Posted by paul7575 at 17:56, 4th February 2025
 
Updated BBC article on the SVR bridge failure.   

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7g5yrvz5o

A chap from Network Rail has explained that it’s probably the excess water flow that’s washed out the bridge wall.

Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
Posted by paul7575 at 18:41, 3rd February 2025
 
I think the Severn Valley problem is a structural failure of a bridge wing wall, not a straightforward embankment slip?

Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
Posted by Witham Bobby at 09:17, 3rd February 2025
 
Getting worse / global warming / changing climate / or lack of maintenance or am I just noticing??

If the number of trees and other vegetation growing out of masonry all over Network Rail's assets is anything to go by, you have to conclude that maintenance ain't what it once was

Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
Posted by CyclingSid at 08:27, 3rd February 2025
 
And more fun and games if you want to go to London from Brighton https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/landslip-repair-to-begin-on-brighton-main-line

Landslips and landslides on the transport networks
Posted by grahame at 06:32, 3rd February 2025
 
Getting worse / global warming / changing climate / or lack of maintenance or am I just noticing??

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrnz5wxgko
Snake Pass: Could famous road close to cars?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgkp42056zo
Work starts to repair Wiltshire's 'wonkiest road'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9dg9j77ko
Support for steam railway after embankment slide

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250121-france-italy-trains-to-return-after-19-month-landslide-closure
France-Italy trains to return after 19-month landslide closure
Paris (AFP) – The hugely popular train line linking Paris with the Italian cities of Turin and Milan is to reopen in March and April after a 19-month closure forced when a landslide damaged a tunnel, French railway operator SNCF and Italian counterpart Trenitalia announced Tuesday.

 
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