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Society to suspend rail travelling in ideal place (7-2)

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I believe the answer is:

shangri-la

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'ideal place' is the definition.
'shangri la' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'wonderful place' mean 'shangri la' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'shangri la'). I'm not sure about the 'ideal' bit.

'society to suspend rail travelling' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'to suspend' becomes 'hang' (to hang is to suspend from something).
'travelling' is an anagram indicator.
'rail' with letters rearranged gives 'rila'.
's'+'hang'+'rila'='SHANGRI-LA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shangri-la that I've seen before include "Fabled utopia" , "ideal place to live" , "Imaginary earthly paradise" , "23 of 'Lost Horizon'" , "Imaginary paradise on earth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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