It was previously employed as part of a limited trial on a little-used freight line late last year.

The railway line continued as a freight line until it was closed in 1988.

The line operated first as a freight line and later as a passenger line before closing in 1984 and being replaced by a bus service.

This section of the line remains open as a freight line, but the stations remain closed.

The line opened in 1898 as a freight line.