A report out today estimates the economic impact of the closure of the Dawlish railway line for two months last year to be up to one point two billion pounds.
It's exactly a year since the railway line was left hanging by a thread by the winter storms.
The Devon Maritime forum report also says there was a £135 million reduction in tourism spending in the first half of last year.
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