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Originally Posted by ianrail
On the subject, I read a fascinating account years ago about government plans drawn up during the Cold War (so perhaps 1960s/1970s) about what to do if a nuclear attack was expected to wipe out most life in the country. One train was planned to take selected top officials to a bunker which, if I remember correctly, was accessed off a line inside somewhere like Box Tunnel. I was sure I'd seen a book on this appropriately entitled The Last Train but I'm blowed if I can find a reference to this anywhere now.
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There's a Wiki link about Box Tunnel sidings here (see the paragraph marked "Defence Use") :
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Originally Posted by Wonkypedia
CAD Monkton Farleigh closed at the end of hostilities (WW2), although was kept in an operational condition until the 1950s. The sidings were then cleared, and not used again until the mid-1980s when a museum opened for short period on the site. Portions of the Ammunition Depot were variously redeveloped to house the Central Government War Headquarters
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