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The first report identified 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of railway line for closure, amounting to 55% of stations, 30% of route miles, and the loss of 67,700 British Rail jobs, [1] with an objective of stemming the large losses being incurred during a period of increasing competition from road transport and reducing the rail ...
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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[9] Unsurprisingly, Beeching's plans were hugely controversial not only with trade unions, but with the Labour opposition and railway-using public. Beeching was undeterred and argued that too many lines were running at a loss, and that his charge to shape a profitable railway made cuts a logical starting point. [6]
During the mid 1960s, many routes were closed under the "Beeching Axe", plus some after the resignation of Dr Richard Beeching - most notoriously the Waverley Line from Edinburgh to Carlisle. In 1974, cross-border electric Inter-City services from Glasgow Central to London Euston commenced, with the completion of the West Coast Main Line ...
A train has been named after a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy, Avanti West Coast said. In 1966 Asquith Xavier overturned a decision not to employ him as a guard at ...
In the United States, railbanking was established in 1983 as an amendment to Section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act. It is a voluntary agreement between a railroad company and a trail sponsor (such as a trail organization or government agency) to use an out-of-service rail corridor as a trail until a railroad might need the corridor again for rail service.
As for 'Beeching cuts' being a new term (ie a WP:NEO) a quick search of the news archives on Google comes up with plenty on mentions as far back as 1963 - "Face lift for Beeching Cuts will have little impact" Glasgow Herald 1963. For the record, Hansard appears to refer to 'Beeching cuts' more often than 'Beeching Axe' (although Axe certainly ...