'I cried when the railway shut - it was like a family'

It was like one big family," said Paul Antell, describing the community of a railway that ran through his village. It has been 60 y ...
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Volunteers reclaiming much loved historic railway

The historic line ran between Bath in Somerset and Bournemouth in Dorset [Julian Peters] For more than a century the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) served as a lifeline for rural communities - ...
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Final journey on railway remembered 60 years on

It has been 60 years since the final locomotive steamed along the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The line ran between Bath in Somerset and Bournemouth in Dorset, serving towns and villages such as ...
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Somerset abandoned railway line named among most beautiful lost lines

A long-abandoned Somerset railway line has been recognised as one of the UK's most picturesque lost railway lines. The 105-mile journey from Bristol to Dorset, which ceased operations in March 1966, ...
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'I cried when the railway shut - it was like a family'

Paul Antell said the closure of the railway was an "emotional time" "The atmosphere it created was hard to explain. It was like one big family," said Paul Antell, describing the community of a railway ...