The Bridgnorth Cliff Railway had been closed for more than a year after a retaining wall got damaged.
PublishedA 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.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 sandstone cliffs for more than 130 years.
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