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The famous ‘Reshaping of British Railways’ cut thousands of branch lines and stations from the rail network forever in an attempt to make…

The famous ‘Reshaping of British Railways’ cut thousands of branch lines and stations from the rail network forever in an attempt to make…

Again. From wilderness area four miles east of downtown Tuscaloosa, to growing bedroom community for the University of Alabama, home to many of the area's first chain restaurants, to a shopping and entertainment mecca, what had once been a crown jewel became badly tarnished in the '70s and beyond, as population growth extended north and south.  McFarland and University malls drained off shopping. Upscale renters moved to newer developments like the Ski Lodge development, off Skyland Boulevard. Rents sank lower, as did the quality of some of Alberta’s renters. Crime rates soared, and with...

A new station on the outskirts of Devizes will soon offer people the chance to revisit what was once an integral part of the market town. Devizes railway station – on the branch line between Holt Junction to Patney & Chirton Junction - operated between 1857 and 1966. The Reading-Hungerford line was quickly extended in 1862 westward via Pewsey to Devizes, reaching the station through a tunnel under Devizes Castle, in what proved to be the busiest period for the Devizes station. The line was entirely closed in 1966, and now there is little trace of what once was a bustling rail commu...