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Site of the former M&SWJR station, Swindon

Submitted by Brian Robert Marshall

Name	Site of the former M&SWJR station, Swindon
Distance	0.15 miles from SN1 4DG
Description	The viewpoint is the road bridge over the railway line that closed in 1961. The Midland and Southwestern Junction Railway had a difficult existence in its life, partly because the much larger Great Western Railway viewed it as an interloper into its territory. In 1923 the GWR took it over anyway. I remember it as a delightfully slow way to get to Southampton in the 1950s. The site is now an industrial estate. For a comprehensive history of the line with many, many photos see this (has sound at first) http://www.swindonsotherrailway.co.uk/
Photographer	Brian Robert Marshall
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