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‘Work together, not compete’ – southern lines make a call for teamwork to survive

 WORKING together was very much the central focus on October 22 when Jonnie Pay, commercial manager of the SpaValley Railway, welcomed Kent & East Sussex Railway general manager Robin Coombes and Lisa Boyle, chief operating officer of the Bluebell Railway, toTunbridgeWells to discuss the current positions of the three railways – and share ideas for the future to help each one grow and survive in financially turbulent and unstable times.

With every railway facing shared difficulties of rising costs and encouraging people away from home comforts, the

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