Landslips and landslides on the transport networks

grahame

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Landslips and landslides on the transport networks

« on: Today at 06:32:03 »

Getting worse / global warming / changing climate / or lack of maintenance or am I just noticing??

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yrnz5wxgko
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Support for steam railway after embankment slide

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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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CyclingSid

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Hockley viaduct

Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks

« Reply #1 on: Today at 08:27:01 »

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


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Witham Bobby

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Re: Landslips and landslides on the transport networks

« Reply #2 on: Today at 09:17:51 »

Quote from: grahame on Today at 06:32:03

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


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