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We look back at a timeline of world events from HM Queen Elizabeth's life from our celebration of the Platinum Jubilee.

Take a look at some more of Dorsets forgotten and abandoned railway stations where passengers never returned.

Take a look at some more of Dorsets forgotten and abandoned railway stations where passengers never returned.

There is renewed optimism that new ways of working implemented on the Okehampton reopening project could be replicated across Britain.

There was a regular rail service between other Fife communities and the home of golf but the Beeching Report meant the route was bunkered.

The Beeching Report swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the '60s including lines to Crail, Crieff, Leven and St Andrews.

A new book asks whether, amid concerns over road congestion and the climate emergency, we should be pushing for a branch lines renaissance.

Take a look at some more of Dorsets forgotten and abandoned railway stations where passengers never returned.

An early morning passenger train was the first to arrive in Soham for more than 50 years, after a campaign for a new station. | ITV News Anglia

There has been a lot of development in the rail industry most astonishingly switching from coal powered locomotives to diesel and now making the switch to electric lines. Consequently there has been a lot of change to our lines through the years leading to new stations and the downfall of some of the old ones. Here are some more of Dorsets forgotten railways stations: Avon Lodge station (Avon Lodge c early 20th century, copyright photo from John Alsop collection.) Avon Lodge was a pri...