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Sentry at the Gate: How the North Warwickshire Line avoided closure

Sentry at the Gate: How the North Warwickshire Line avoided closure

8th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Network, Steam

Fifty years ago this month, the Court of Appeal imposed an injunction on the British Railways Board which prevented them from withdrawing passenger services between

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