Babbacombe Cliff Railway

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

BBC is reporting an accident on this. Thoughts to all involved.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-62786759


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Person seriously injured in Babbacombe cliff railway incident​

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The cliff railway has been closed and the entrance taped off
A person has been seriously injured in an "industrial incident" at a cliff railway in Devon, police have said.
An accident at Babbacombe Cliff Railway in Torquay was reported to emergency services at about 10:10 BST.
The beach at Oddicombe has been closed to the public, along with the railway, while Devon and Cornwall Police investigate.
Officers remain on the scene, with a cordon in place and Oddicombe beach road is closed.
Devon and Cornwall Police said it was called by the ambulance service "to reports of an industrial incident at a commercial premises in Torquay".
It added: "One person is reported to have sustained serious injuries."

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Babbacombe Cliff Railway takes passengers between Oddicombe beach and the cliff top
The Health and Safety Executive has been notified.
Babbacombe Cliff Railway opened in 1926 and takes passengers 220m between Oddicombe beach and the Babbacombe Downs on the cliff top.
Two cars operate on the funicular railway, each with a capacity of 40 passengers.

 

[philthetube]

There seems to be a surprising lack of information about this online.

 

[John Luxton]

There seems to be a surprising lack of information about this online.

According to the Devon Live web site it has unfortunately become a fatality but no further info as to what happened.

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

There seems to be a surprising lack of information about this online.

Not that surprising. It appears to have happened before the railway opened for the day whilst the railway and beach below are sealed off by the Police. It means that the modern journalist’s regular sources of social media and phone videos is thwarted.

Just as well, given how it has ended. Hopefully will give the deceased’s family and friends the chance to grieve privately.

 

[dciuk]

From their Facebook page:

Statement from Lindsay Yelland, Chairman, Babbacombe Cliff Railway. “All of us at the railway are devastated by the death of a dearly loved engineer yesterday in a tragic accident unrelated to the operation of the railway. We are fully cooperating with the HSE and no further comment will be made”.