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    Mid-Hants launches ‘world first’ lights train

    Oct 30, 2020 3 minutes
    by Robin Jones

    THE Mid-Hants Railway has launched a new seasonal attraction which claims to take the ‘train of lights’ concept one stage further using LED technology.

    The Watercress Line has joined the growing number of heritage lines running illuminated Christmas trains this coming festive season, in the wake of the award-winning success of the Dartmouth Steam Railway’s original UK version two years ago.

    Departing from either Alresford or Alton for the round trip, Steam Illuminations is said to be a unique, world-first digital LED train which creates an incredible light show, both on and

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