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The RCTS: then and now

IN early September I travelled by train from Horsham to Swanage, changing at Southampton and Wareham. That does not appear to be a particularly momentous journey, but for 45 years it was not possible to travel from Wareham to Swanage by train.

The Swanage branch was well used by both freight and passenger traffic,

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