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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.
They are named for Dr. Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the author of two reports – The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965) – that outlined the necessity [citation needed] of improving the efficiency of the railways and the plan for achieving this ...
The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862.
This was subsequently split further, becoming British Rail Maintenance Limited, whose ownership was retained by British Rail; and British Rail Engineering (1988) Limited, which was prepared for privatisation. The latter went through a series of owners, mergers and take-overs and now resides with Canadian transport company Bombardier.
Border Union Railway: North British Railway (LNER) Carlisle to Hawick, via Newcastleton and Riccarton 1969 Part of the Waverley Route in-between: Bothwell Branch: Caledonian Railway Fallside to Bothwell 5 June 1950 Brechin and Edzell District Railway: Brechin to Edzell 27 September 1938 (to passengers) 7 September 1964 (to all traffic) Bridge ...
On 30 May 2017, the Campaign for Borders Rail published its Summary Case for a New Cross-Border Rail Link which was distributed to Parliamentary candidates before the General Election. [170] It estimated the costs of rebuilding the line to Carlisle at £644 million at 2012 prices and added that 96% of the trackbed remained unobstructed. [170]
The Border Union Railway was a railway line which connected places in the south of Scotland and Cumberland in England. It was authorised on 21 July 1859 by the Border Union (North British) Railways Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. xxiv) and advertised as the Waverley Route by the promoters - the North British Railway. [1]
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.