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UK train station with a platform that's so long it takes 10 minutes to walk down

UK train station with a platform that's so long it takes 10 minutes to walk down

The platform at Colchester Railway Station in Essex is the longest in the UK, stretching a total of 620 metres from one end to the other - or around 10 minutes to walk across

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