Serious safety and maintenance failures that put both passengers and staff at risk at Babbacombe Cliff Railway have been highlighted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the death of ...

In May 2023, it issued a statement that said the death was not due to any malfunction of the attraction. It added the prolonged closure of the railway was not due to the HSE notice, but regular annual ...

The chairman of Babbacombe Cliff Railway CIO, Lindsay Yelland said in a statement on Facebook that £300,000 was being spent to renovate the railway and get it back up to scratch again.

The railway runs from the cliff top in Babbacombe down to Oddicombe Beach. A person has been seriously injured after an incident at a cliff railway in Torquay yesterday morning (4 September).

Babbacombe Cliff Railway runs two carriages, each carrying 40 passengers. A cliff railway that was closed for 10 months after the death of an engineer has been forced to temporarily shut again due ...

Well-respected and experienced retired lift engineer Cyril Smith, better known by his middle name David, died on September 4, 2022 after being struck by a railway carriage while working on the tracks.

The railway, which was opened in 1926, travels 700ft up and down a cliff from Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe beach. Two cars operate on the funicular railway, each with a capacity of 40 passengers.

The idea for Babbacombe Cliff Railway dates back to 1890, but it only opened in 1926 at a cost of £15,648. It takes passengers 220m between Oddicombe beach and the Babbacombe Downs on the cliff top.

A cliff railway that was closed for 10 months after the death of an engineer has been forced to temporarily shut again due to technical difficulties. Babbacombe Cliff Railway in Devon reopened in ...