Much-loved cliff railway reopens to passengers

A much-loved funicular railway has reopened after 14 months of major repairs to a retaining wall that had been damaged.

The first service on the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway in Shropshire ran at about 09:00 GMT, staff told the BBC.

The railway connects low-town to high-town and had been out of action since December 2022.

Repair work cost £750,000 with the town council, which owned the wall, partially funding it through a loan.

The service is one of the steepest cliff railways in the country and has taken people up and down the 34 metres (111ft) sandstone cliffs for more than 130 years.

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