Britain's steepest cliff railway reinforced because passengers are fatter

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Britain's steepest cliff railway reinforced because passengers are fatter
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Britain’s steepest cliff railway has had to have its carriages reinforced because people are so much heavier than they used to be.Parts stripped from a Land Rover have been used to reinforce the suspension on the carriagtes,

Malvern Tipping, director of the Bridgnorth Funicular Railway, said: ‘Part of the problem we had was not only that some renewal of the support and springing was required, but we are faced with people having become larger and heavier. ‘New hangars, brackets and bushes have been fitted to the cars in order to take some of the harshness out of the ride.

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