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« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2017, 10:02:38 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on October 14, 2017, 09:50:22
Grahame, perhaps you should report that to the ORR» (Office of Rail and Road, formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about) and H&S▸ (Health and Safety) Executive...... Huh

Unsure - I'm no expert.  I'm following on from an article on Bookham footbridge which none-experts feel in unsafe, but I'm sure the experts have looked at and considered safe;  any comment / report I make on the one pictured runs the probability of being a false report - there were significant signs of some recent patching which suggest to me that the bridge is in someone's viewfinder.
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« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2017, 11:20:40 »
I get the impression that there are a lot of poorly-maintained footbridges in the SomewhereelseRail area, having watched All The Stations...
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« Reply #32 on: October 14, 2017, 12:01:45 »
With the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) footbridge at St Austell now replaced and closed, I do wonder if there is any mileage in taking it off site for refurbishment and reuse elsewhere. 
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« Reply #33 on: October 14, 2017, 12:04:23 »
Pilning would welcome it with open arms!....
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« Reply #34 on: February 09, 2018, 18:49:01 »
Judging by the work going on in the car park at Teignmouth it looks like the footbridge is about to be put back into place.
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« Reply #35 on: February 09, 2018, 20:55:13 »
What gets me is that it is obviously more than possible to do exceptional work to restore these magnificent structures, fit for the 21st century, yet given the slightest excuse bridges such as the one at St Austell are to be removed and given away, when with a little thought they could sensibly and aesthetically be reused elsewhere on the network.
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« Reply #36 on: February 09, 2018, 21:10:46 »
Quote from: Kernow Otter on February 09, 2018, 20:55:13
What gets me is that it is obviously more than possible to do exceptional work to restore these magnificent structures, fit for the 21st century, yet given the slightest excuse bridges such as the one at St Austell are to be removed and given away, when with a little thought they could sensibly and aesthetically be reused elsewhere on the network.

Just because it it possible in one case does not mean it is possible (economically) in another.  It depends on a number of factors including the nature and condition of the particular structure.
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« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2018, 11:20:03 »
 I am not one to admit to liking the desire to restore old structure's that are well past their best.

 However in this case, having seen the work carried out, I am very impressed with the restoration.
 I hope  the station user's at Teignmouth appreciate the work carried out, without changing the colour scheme with
 spray cans or showing an 'aversion' to glass.
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« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2018, 13:38:58 »
Overnight the bridge has been craned back into place although not yet in use.
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« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2018, 14:10:20 »
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Overnight the bridge has been craned back into place although not yet in use.



Doesn't look as if its been craned back high enough for wires to pass under at some future date. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2018, 21:13:47 »
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Quote from: bobm on February 11, 2018, 13:38:58
Overnight the bridge has been craned back into place although not yet in use.



Doesn't look as if its been craned back high enough for wires to pass under at some future date. Roll Eyes

I doubt wires will ever go along the sea wall.
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« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2018, 22:04:26 »
Reopened on Good Friday.
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« Reply #42 on: July 10, 2018, 14:51:19 »
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A large object believed to be an unexploded half-ton world war one bomb has been found under Teignmouth Pier.

Police, Royal Navy Bomb disposal squad and coastguards called for reinforcements and an exclusion zone was extended at lunchtime today after an initial inspection of the suspect device.

Divers who found the bomb say it is 4ft long and 2ft wide.

Police have now closed the whole of the beach and seafront from The Point at the Shaldon side to Teignmouth Yacht Club next to the Dawlish rail line.

Slightly out of the range of this camera but might just see something as activity continues

http://www.teignmouth-nci.org.uk/live-webcam

Plan is to carry out a controlled explosion around 4pm with trains being stopped briefly at that point.
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« Reply #43 on: July 10, 2018, 15:40:11 »
Line has been closed since 1500, expected to re-open around 1630.
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« Reply #44 on: July 10, 2018, 15:40:50 »
Like all great plans....  Railway closed at 3pm while the device was towed a mile out to sea.

The 12:30 Paddington to Penzance was terminated at Exeter St Davids (not good news - particularly as the 11:30 to the West Country was terminated at Bristol Temple Meads due to a train fault).
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