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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.
The 69-yard (63 m) Torwoodlee Tunnel is traversed just before Galashiels and four river crossings are made in under 2 miles (3.2 km) which required new bridge spans. [67] At Galashiels, due to trackbed encroachment, the line deviates eastwards between a steep bank and the side wall of a supermarket which occupies the former station site. [112]
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR, also known as the S&D, S&DR or SDJR), was an English railway line jointly owned by the Midland Railway (MR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) that grew to connect Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (then in Hampshire; now in south-east Dorset), with a branch in Somerset from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater.
Train fares cost 2.7% more than under British Rail in real terms on average. [17] However, while the price of anytime and off-peak tickets has increased, the price of Advance tickets has dramatically decreased in real terms: the average Advance ticket in 1995 cost £9.14 (in 2014 prices) compared to £5.17 in 2014.
Canadian National Railway: 1967–present Second of two crossings on CN Stuart Sub east of Summit Lake: British Columbia: 728 m (2,388 ft) Pacific Great Eastern Railway: Canadian National Railway: 1958–present Yellowhead Pass: Alberta and British Columbia: 1,110 m (3,642 ft) Canadian Northern Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway: Canadian ...
The Border Counties Railway closed to passengers in 1956, and to all other traffic in 1958 (five years before the Beeching Axe). A small section of track between Reedsmouth and Bellingham was retained, accessed from the Wansbeck Valley Railway, until the latter shut in the mid-1960s.
Carried the first train on the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and is the oldest railway bridge in continuous use in the world: Skew Bridge, Bath: Bath, Somerset: 48.76 m (160.0 ft) 1840; rebuilt 1878: Wrought iron truss: II: Carries Great Western Main Line west from Bath Spa station across the River Avon. Originally built by ...