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TIME TRAVELLER

50 YEARS AGO...

SEPTEMBER 1969

CENTRAL WALES LINE SAVED

he passenger service between Llanelli and Shrewsbury over the Central Wales Line, which had been proposed for withdrawal, was reprieved. The decision was made by the Minister of Transport following a study of the TUCC report and all other relevant factors, accepting that considerable inconvenience and some hardship would be caused by the closure and that a suggested bus

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