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Neil Lancefield

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Train services axed because of dry soil cb374fd0 5465 43b9 aebe 40986bccd7eb | History Defined

SWR South Western Railway Devon London London Waterloo Waterloo

A train timetable has been cut because soil is too dry (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

A train timetable has been cut because soil along the route is too dry.

South Western Railway (SWR) said it has “no alternative” but to run reduced services from London Waterloo to Devon.

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