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Somerset railway reports span health centre build, steam locomotive and miniature line

Reports in the same news cycle show Somerset's railways making news at three scales: a station-area health centre, a visiting steam locomotive and a Clevedon miniature line being restored.

The Weston Mercury reported that a new structure has risen above Weston-super-Mare railway station, with work continuing on the town's £15 million health centre and GP surgery [1]. The Somerset County Gazette reported that No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester has parked up at a station on the West Somerset Railway ahead of a visit down to the South West [2]. The North Somerset Times and the Weston Mercury both reported that Clevedon's Rio Grande Miniature Railway has unveiled a steam locomotive as restoration continues, bringing trains closer to returning to Salthouse Fields [3][4]. Read together, these reports show Somerset's railways in the news for a health centre rising above a railway station, a steam locomotive waiting on the West Somerset Railway, and a Clevedon miniature line moving closer to reopening.

Sources

  1. Weston Mercury: New structure rises above Weston railway station as £15m project takes shape
  2. Somerset County Gazette: Unique 1950s steam locomotive to visit Somerset railway
  3. North Somerset Times: Somerset miniature railway unveils new addition ahead of much-awaited reopening
  4. Weston Mercury: Somerset miniature railway unveils new addition ahead of much-awaited reopening

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