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The Great Southern of Spain Railway was a Spanish-British railway company that operated in southern Spain between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. It was the owner of several railway lines, such as the Lorca-Baza and the Almendricos-Águilas, developing an important activity in the transport of minerals.[1]

  1. ^ "Águilas, Route of the railways".

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