Sunday, March 13, 2011

Yours for £700,000, the Victorian cliff railway that's a little piece of British history




This is your chance to get your hands on a unique piece of Victorian history.
A Birmingham property firm is looking for buyers who are just the ticket to take over one of the UK's oldest working railway systems.

The current owners of Bridgnorth Cliff Railway have reached the end of the line and city estate agent Knight Frank is asking for offers over £700,000 for the working business, which is the last remaining inland funicular railway in England.

The unique Shropshire line was first operated in 1892 and currently employs about a dozen staff.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365626/Last-inland-funicular-railway-England-sale.html#ixzz1GSeOoPp4

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