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Vintage Trains cracks initial share issue target of £800,000

HAVING cracked its target of selling £800,000 worth of shares, the Vintage Trains Community Benefit Society has been able to form its publicly-owned Train Operating Company, Vintage Trains Limited.

At a board meeting of shareholders held on June 1, chairman Michael Whitehouse told the meeting that the shareholding had

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