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    The cherry orchard railway that was cut down by Dr Beeching

    WERE it still alive today it would be a rail route as cherished as the Severn Valley, the heritage railway that runs from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth and attracts around 250,000 visitors each year. It even had a catchy nickname, the Hopfield, Plum and Cherry Orchard Railway, but that didn’t stop Dr Beeching chopping the last… More

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