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TIL that many ‘Ghost Trains’ run on the British Rail Network. These trains - often unadvertised - run extremely rarely, at obscure times, through bizarre routes, purely to keep the line officially open whilst discouraging passenger use. Ghost train hunters roam the country searching for them!

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