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How long will it take for North and South Wales to be united by a railway? The sad thing is such a line used to exist, and pressure is growing for the railway to

Readers of a new book can enjoy a journey back to the pre-Beeching days when little railway stations were at the heart of most communities.

Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, joined Thameslink crew on board one of the first Welwyn Garden City to Sevenoaks (via central London) trains.

A NEW book has been released covering the history of the railways in west Wales.

IMPROVED rail networks in the North will create better connections with isolated communities and help level up the region, a rail operator boss has…

The towns sons off to war. and even the lines closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled — passenger services return, a reward for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isnt it, really? when the track gets put down, the new track, and itll be shortly, hopefully, a train to exeter. just remind me, how long have you been campaigning and working on t...

And even the lines closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled passenger services return, in the world for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isnt it, really, when the track gets put down, the new track and it is going to be shortly, hopefully, a trained exeter. how long have you been working on this? well, i arrived on okehampton in 1805 and ice ...

An increase of 2 million on last year. colin paterson, bbc news, salford. regular trains are returning to the dartmoor line in devon for the first time in almost 50 years. from today, great western railway services will run between 0kehampton and exeter. its part of a government scheme to restore abandoned railway lines. john maguire reports. when the railway arrived in 0kehampton, the town threw a huge street party to celebrate. that was 150 years ago. the next century saw crowds gather for oth...

Okehampton and exeter. its part of a government scheme to restore abandoned railway lines. john maguire reports. when the railway arrived in okehampton, the town through a huge street party to celebrate. that was 150 years ago. the next century saw crowds gather for other important occasions, to name trains and to send the town sun is off to war. and even the lines closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled passenger se...

The next century saw crowds gather for other important occasions, to name trains and to send the town sun is off to war. to name trains and to send the towns sons off to war. and even the line�*s closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled passenger services return, in the world for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isn�*t it, really, when th...