Like much of the UK ’s coastline, the Cambrian Coast of Cardigan Bay in Wales took a heavy beating in the January storms of 2014. A long section of the Cambrian Line runs along this coastline and a 1,600m stretch near to the village of Llanaber was particularly hard hit. The track was moved 2.5m sideways by a tidal surge and there was significant damage to sea defences and embankments. A large 35m hole was created in a 500m long concrete sea wall close to Llanaber Station, allowing wave action to wash out the embankment, leaving the railway track suspended. An estimated 3,000 tonnes of ballast along this stretch was washed away, with a further 5,000 tonnes of debris, including rock armour deposited on the line. Such was the extent of the damage at this site and the monume

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