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  2. Beeching cuts - Wikipedia

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    Since the Beeching cuts, road traffic levels have grown significantly. As well, since privatisation in the mid-1990s, there have been record levels of passengers on the railways owing to a preference to living in smaller towns and rural areas, and in turn commuting longer distances [72] (although the cause of this is disputed). A few of the ...

  3. List of Beeching cuts service reopenings - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Category:Beeching closures - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of Beeching cuts service reopenings; S. ... This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, ...

  5. Rail transport in Northamptonshire - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Beeching closures in England - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Beeching closures in England" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 942 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. Category:Beeching closures in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  8. Esk Valley line - Wikipedia

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    The pre-Beeching railway network across the North York Moors. The Esk Valley Line was once part of a significantly larger network, most of which was closed during the era of the Beeching cuts . Today's route is formed from four separate former railway lines:

  9. Ernest Marples - Wikipedia

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    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]