A line that strangely has still not been restored is the Swansea and Mumbles, the first passenger line in the world. This would be an absolute gem of a line running along the promenade of Swansea Bay and drawing visitors to the Mumbles peninsular.
Criminally closed in 1960 - whilst still profitable, its huge articulated tramcars could take 100s of passengers off the roads at a time. It ran on a flat mainly roadside track and was of course electrified. There have been attempts to restore the line in the past, though this really is one that should never have closed, even without Peak Oil and Climate Change.
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