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  2. List of Beeching cuts service reopenings - Wikipedia

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    The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s. Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.

  3. Beeching cuts - Wikipedia

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    Banchory railway station on the Deeside Railway, Scotland, in 1961.The station closed in 1966. After growing rapidly in the 19th century during the Railway Mania, the British railway system reached its height in the years immediately before the First World War, with a network of 23,440 miles (37,720 km). [2]

  4. Category:Railway maps of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Maps and line diagrams of UK railway, tramway and other light rail systems. ... Extract of 1889 Railway Map Showing Grosvenor Road station.png 315 × 396; 367 KB.

  5. List of closed railway lines in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This list is for railway lines across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which are now abandoned, closed, dismantled or disused. Within the United Kingdom, examples exist of opened railways which formerly constituted cross-country main trunk lines as well as many more which served more local, or exclusively industrial, needs.

  6. List of closed railway stations in Britain: A - Wikipedia

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    Cambrian Railways: 1962 Aberfan: Great Western Railway/Rhymney Railway Jt 1951 Aberfeldy: Highland Railway: 1965 Aberford: Aberford Railway: 1924 Aberfoyle: NBR: 1951 Abergavenny Brecon Road: Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway: 1958 Abergavenny Junction: GWR: 1958 Aberglaslyn: Welsh Highland Railway: 1936 reopened as Nantmor in 2010 ...

  7. Category:Beeching closures in England - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Beeching closures in England" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 942 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Old Dalby Test Track - Wikipedia

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    The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains and railway infrastructure. It runs between Melton Mowbray , Leicestershire and Edwalton , on the course of the Midland Railway 's route between Kettering and Nottingham which closed to passengers on 1 May 1967, [ 1 ] and to goods in 1968.

  9. List of railway lines in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010 This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region . There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London . [ 1 ]