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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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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:
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.
L. Lampeter railway station; Lando Platform railway station; Landore High Level railway station; Llanbrynmair railway station; Llandderfel 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."