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Podcast: The Old Front Line
Episode: Despatches: By Train to Ypres
Description: Railways were an essential part of the Great War, and the line which ran from Northern France to Poperinghe and Ypres became the route in and out of the battlefield for millions of men during the conflict. What can we learn of the history of the railways in Flanders and what do we find of it on the landscape of the Western Front today?Send us Fan MailSupport the show