Date: 11/06/2020

The future of a heritage railway rebuilt by volunteers over the course of 30 years has been left ^on a knife edge^ by the coronavirus crisis.
Dorset^s Swanage Railway, which has been run as a tourist attraction since the 1990s, closed when lockdown came into force.
It said the pandemic had ^created the most urgent and potentially devastating challenge^ in its history.

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Swanage Railway says the coronavirus pandemic has created the line's "most urgent challenge".

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Location: Norden
Company: London and South Western Railway
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An open day at the Swanage Railway sees N Class 2-6-0 31806 and King Arthur 4-6-0 777 Sir Lamiel departing from the branch terminus with the 15.15 service.
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Company: London and South Western Railway
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Company: Swanage Railway
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