Date: 03/04/2018

The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway has been closed due to a landslip of earth and rock debris onto the tracks of the railway.
The railway was not operating at the time and no one was hurt. The train has not been damaged either.
It^s thought to have been a result of combined heavy rain and freezing easterly wind conditions which have created an unstable section of banking near the middle bridge section of the track.

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The cliff railway has been closed due to a landslip on the tracks. It's probably the result of heavy rain combined with freezing winds

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The upper station on the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway on 31 August 2014.
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Company: Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
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Descending car on the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway as seen from the Lynmouth station. This water powered system, rising 500 feet at 1:1.75, can only be described as a breathtaking piece of Victorian engineering.
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