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This ten minute segment is from “Open Country” last Saturday (at 6:30am) about a project under the Community Rail Development Scheme to rejuvenate the Poacher Line from Sleaford to Skegness in Lincolnshire.

Open Country is on Radio 4, at 6:30am on Saturdays, and is repeated the following Thursday at 1:30pm.

This is a good conversation about the nature of, and challenges facing, rural railways. Among other things, they are trying out Skiffle Bands and Speed Dating on the train, and it seems to be working.

Here is the key segment from the announcement from the Count at City Hall in London.

I have made a number of changes and enhancements to the Wardman Wire to make the site easier to use and more accessible. This post briefly introduces these new features. There’s still some more work to do, but it is a start.