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The Beeching Report remains controversial. Critics have accused Beeching of ignoring the social consequences of his proposals (there is little doubt that rail replacement bus services were rarely a success [22]); encouraging car use; ignoring possible economies that might have saved lines; and, getting the figures wrong.
Marples then appointed Beeching as Chairman of the British Transport Commission in March 1961. ... Beeching report published: 1963: 324 miles (521 km) 1964: 1,058 ...
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".
Philip Shirley was born in Australia in 1912, before emigrating to England in 1936. In 1958 he became the chairman of Batchelors.After being appointed to the British Transport Commission in 1961, he became the vice-chairman of the British Rail Board under Richard Beeching in 1964.
British Transport Commission. Sir Cyril Hurcomb (1948–1953) [7] Railway Executive (the subsidiary of the BTC responsible for railways from 1948 to 1953) Sir Eustace Missenden (1948–1951) [8] Sir John Elliot (1951–1953) [9] Sir Brian Robertson (1953–1961) [10] Dr Richard Beeching (1961–1963) British Railways Board. Dr Richard Beeching ...
In 1963 the branch line was earmarked for closure in Richard Beeching's report, The Reshaping of British Railways. Despite still attracting substantial passenger numbers on rush hour services, the Stanmore branch line was closed as part of the Beeching cuts ; the goods line from Belmont to Stanmore was shut on 6 July 1964, and the last ...
In 1963, the Beeching report aimed to reduce the debt of the nationalised British Rail and led to 189 stations in Wales intended for closure with lines and tracks removed over the next decade across Wales. This list for closure was in addition to another 166 Welsh stations and halt-stops that were proposed for closure prior to Beeching's report ...
The Transport Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2.c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.Described as the "most momentous piece of legislation in the field of railway law to have been enacted since the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1854", [1] it was passed by Harold Macmillan's Conservative government to dissolve the British Transport Commission (BTC), which had been established by ...