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In particular, the railway system must be modelled to meet current needs, and the modernisation plan must be adapted to this new shape" [20] and with the premise that the railways should be run as a profitable business. [21] Beeching first studied traffic flows on all lines to identify "the good, the bad, and the indifferent". [22]
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.
Great Western Railway: 1985 Aberthaw High Level: Barry Railway: 1964 Aberthaw Low Level: Taff Vale Railway: 1930 Aberthin Platform: Taff Vale Railway: 1920 Abertillery (1st) GWR: 1893 Abertillery (2nd) GWR: 1962 Abertridwr: Rhymney Railway: 1964 Abertysswg: Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway: 1930 Aberystwyth (Vale of Rheidol Railway ...
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. Oppitz, Leslie (2002). Lost Railways of East Anglia. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-595-1.
A section of B&TR's original main line was reopened during the 1970s as a test track for the Tyne and Wear Metro rolling stock and is now largely preserved (between Percy Main and Middle Engine Lane) as the North Tyneside Steam Railway. Bolton and Leigh Railway: Kenyon Junction to Bolton 29 March 1954 (to passengers) 1969 (to all traffic)
In 1965, Beeching issued a second, less well-known, report The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes, widely known as "Beeching II", which singled out lines that were believed to be worthy of continued large-scale investment. [19] This did not recommend closures as such, but outlined a 3,000-mile "network for development".
Media in category "Railway maps of the United Kingdom" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Extract of 1889 Railway Map Showing Grosvenor Road station.png 315 × 396; 367 KB
This is a diagrammatic map of the Great Central Main Line, part of the former Great Central Railway network. The map shows the line as it currently is (please refer to legend), and includes all stations (open or closed). Some nearby lines and branch lines are also shown, though most stations are omitted on such lines if they are closed.