| "Slow Train" | |
|---|---|
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| Song by Flanders and Swann | |
| Written | 1963 |
| Genre | List song; Train song |
| Composer(s) | Donald Swann |
| Lyricist(s) | Michael Flanders |
"Slow Train" is a song by British duo Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963.[1] It laments the closure of railway stations and lines brought about by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and also the passing of a way of life.[2]
- ^ "The musical slow train". BBC Cambridgeshire. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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