"back then" meaning in All languages combined

See back then on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} back then, {{en-PP}} back then
  1. At that time, at the time referred to in the past. Categories (topical): Past Related terms: back in the day
    Sense id: en-back_then-en-prep_phrase-RZskYY9q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:",
          "text": "On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw the extinction of intermediate stations in order to create the same sort of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.",
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