A serious landslip has devastated a popular heritage railway line - with rail bosses now facing a large repair bill.
Around 30 metres of track and track bed was damaged on Wednesday (January 29) to an “embankment failure” along the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) route.
A section of the 16-mile-long railway line – that runs through Worcestershire and Shropshire – has been closed pending repairs.
The affected area lies between the SVR’s northern terminus station at Bridgnorth and the smaller Hampton Loade station, Shropshire.
Although the line has suffered previous landslips and had work carried out, the location of this failure is not one the railway was previously concerned about, SVR said.
SVR now are warning people to “stay away” from the area, in case more slippages occur.
Around 30 metres of track and track bed was damaged on Wednesday (January 29) to an “embankment failure” along the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) route.
A section of the 16-mile-long railway line – that runs through Worcestershire and Shropshire – has been closed pending repairs.
The affected area lies between the SVR’s northern terminus station at Bridgnorth and the smaller Hampton Loade station, Shropshire.
Although the line has suffered previous landslips and had work carried out, the location of this failure is not one the railway was previously concerned about, SVR said.
SVR now are warning people to “stay away” from the area, in case more slippages occur.
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