Huge landslip wrecks 'heritage' railway

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.