They say if the sell-off goes ahead many rural lines will close.

They receive subsidies to maintain a generous *profit* on these rural lines.

I can't make my meaning clearer over this bally rural line.

The passenger service on this very rural line was an early victim of road competition.

It was customary for a rural line supported by a company or individuals to have stations close to the residences of its sponsors.

These were usually on long rural lines served by small manual exchanges, which were not "common battery".

As with many other rural lines this died in the cuts of 1966.

With the decline in usage of rural lines, the branch closed in 1965.

They began to be withdrawn soon after Nationalisation in 1948, by which time the class were used for local freight working on rural lines.

This is typical of long rural lines with isolated load areas.