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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joanna Whitehead

UK’s longest direct rail route cancelled after more than 100 years

The UK’s longest direct rail route has been cancelled after 104 years.

The route, which was established in 1921, started in Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland before travelling 775 miles to Penzance in Cornwall.

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