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    West Somerset in race to recover from ‘potato field’ landslip

    Jan 17, 2023 2 minutes

    THEWest Somerset Railway was starting emergency repairs and taking legal action after its running line was severed by a landslide following heavy rainfall before Christmas.

    The collapse of the embankment occurred on the morning of Tuesday, December 20 at Tribble Bridge alongside the A358 near Combe Florey, a short distance from Bishops Lydeard. It left the line covered in mud and a large

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