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A 'MOST UNUSUAL' CLIFF RAILWAY AT LA CORUÑA

In July 2023 I made a cruise ship stop at La Coruña in Galicia, North West Spain and as we curved round into port, I noticed a cliff railway on the headland. Upon closer inspection later in the day, this turned out to be the

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