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A map of Great Britain, showing "major lines" identified by Beeching II in bold. On 16 February 1965, Beeching introduced the second stage of his reorganisation of the railways. In his report, The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes , he set out his conclusion that of the 7,500 miles (12,100 km) of trunk railway only 3,000 miles ...
Pages in category "Beeching closures in Scotland" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 380 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A. Abbey Town railway station; Acrow Halt railway station; Addingham railway station; Adlestrop railway station; Airmyn railway station; Aldeburgh railway station
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] As one author puts it, Beeching "was expected to produce quick solutions to problems that were deep-seated and not susceptible to purely intellectual analysis."
Rail transport in Northamptonshire is an integral part of transport in Northamptonshire and part of the national rail network of Great Britain.. Rail in the county of Northamptonshire began in the 1840s with the London and Birmingham Railway who built a section of the West Coast Main Line through the county, along with numerous branch lines.
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.
The Beeching cuts, or "Beeching Axe" that followed resulted in the major closures for both stations and lines. It may not be entirely a coincidence that as Beeching was closing railway lines, the government was providing funding for the construction of motorways, which were being built by companies in which Marples had an interest. [7]