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The greatest threat to heritage railways in 70 years

ON JANUARY 31, two members of a family of Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York became the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 or coronavirus in the UK.

Two months later, the country was in lockdown as the virus spread, with the daily death toll having reached into the hundreds.

In a bid to slow the spread of the killer virus, Government guidelines severely restricting the movement of people with the sole aim of saving life have quickly impacted on every aspect of everyday life, in a manner not experienced in living memory.

It has been said that the impact of coronavirus on our

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