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Such was the scale of these cuts that the programme came to be colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, though the 1963 report also recommended some less well-publicised changes; including a switch to the now-standard practice of containerisation for rail freight, and the replacement of some services with integrated bus services linked to ...
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.
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A. Abbey Town railway station; Acrow Halt railway station; Addingham railway station; Adlestrop railway station; Airmyn railway station; Aldeburgh railway station
With the privatisation of British Rail, the railway infrastructure of the Scottish Region came under the Scotland Zone of Railtrack. Passenger services within Scotland were franchised to National Express , under the name "ScotRail Railways", although it was still referred to as ScotRail, the name that the BRB used in its later years of operation.
The branch was included in the Beeching report of 1963 which concluded that, since 30% of the railway network carried less than 1% of the total passenger traffic, much of it should be closed. [10] The residents of Newport Pagnell resisted the closure, demanding an enquiry which took place on 7 June 1964. [ 9 ]
Many old railway lines have stopped making a profit. The decision to abandon a line may be taken by a railway company or by government, as with the Beeching cuts in Great Britain in the 1960s. Railways specially built for mines or other industrial or logistical sites are abandoned if the mine is exhausted or the production ceases.
Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).