The nation may be suffering from 'Brexit Blues'in some quarters following the EU referendum last June, but our preserved railways have had a good year in 2016, some recording record visitor numbers and most seeing a year-on-year passenger increase. The trend may not be unanimous, but those railways that responded to The RM's request for visitor information were keen to report an upturn in traffic. The South Devon Railway, for example, has seen an impressive 6.9% increase from 2015, with 103,906 ticket sales, compared to the 97,200 of the previous year.
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