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Swindon (432 words) |
 | Swindon is one of the fastest growing towns in the UK (along with Milton Keynes) and has a very low unemployment rate. |
| Swindon is located in the South West of the UK - between London and Bristol - and is easily accessible from junctions 15 and 16 of the M4 motorway. |
| During much of the 20th Century the railway works was the largest employer in the town. |
| Swanage Railway: Information from Answers.com (528 words) |
| The Swanage Railway is a six mile-long heritage railway in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. |
| It was bought in 1975 by a group of local enthusiasts who formed a charity with the aim of relaying and reopening the railway both as a public transport link to Wareham, and as a museum of steam and railway technology. |
| In 1995 the railway reopened from Swanage to Corfe Castle, and on January 3 2002 the track was joined with the Furzebrook freight line and the Purbeck branch line was once again complete, thirty years to the day after it was closed. |
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