The Railway First Great Western S02E04 Dawlish Reopens

Original air date : Dec 22, 2014

A 300 strong army of Network Rail volunteers have worked day and moght 24 hours a day in order to get the main line at Dawlish fixed.

After 2 months hard work, the station reopens with fanfare and a speech by Prime Minister
David Cameron.

The Orange Army also get a huge congratulations.

There’s a look at the lost property centre at London Paddington.

We go behind the scenes with the team on a Pullman service from Paddington to Plymouth

There’s a look at Laira depot in Plymouth and seeing how the fleets are serviced with everything from HST’s to Class 150/153’s
HST power car 43138 has a brand new engine fitted.

We then take a trip to Weston Super Mare station on a Saturday night

We then visit Theresa Ceesay at Hanborough Station on the North Cotswolds Line and visit some of her 11 stations along the route including Shipton, Finstock, Honeybourne, Pershore and Moreton in Marsh

Finally we visit a freight yard and look at a timber train at Exeter Riverside New Yard bound for Wrexham.


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