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Ancestor of first stationmaster launches historical display at ‘Sophia Loren’ main line station

A 27-year-old railway guard led the launch on February 23 of an historical display at a restored main line station where his great great grandfather was the first stationmaster 142 years ago.

Andrew Lamport and his railwayman father Mike were invited to celebrate the launch at Shawford, a station on the London Waterloo to Bournemouth and Portsmouth route south of Winchester that featured Sophia

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