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Last chance to save the ‘Clacton Express’ EMU?

A BR Class 309 EMU’s future could be in jeopardy unless a purchase and restoration plan can be settled in the next few months.

Unit No. 309624 has been based at the Lavender Line since the closure of the Coventry Electric Museum in 2018, but due to changing priorities was offered for sale in 2021.

In March 2021, the Clacton

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