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Planned Powys rail centre not built despite £70m spend

The proposed Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE), which was envisioned as a rail-testing hub covering an area comparable to Gibraltar, has already cost taxpayers £70 million, yet construction has not commenced. Situated on the site of the former Nant Helen opencast coal mine near Ystradgynlais in Powys, Wales, the project was initially launched five…