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Such was the scale of these cuts that the programme came to be colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, though the 1963 report also recommended some less well-publicised changes; including a switch to the now-standard practice of containerisation for rail freight, and the replacement of some services with integrated bus services linked to ...
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.
List of Beeching cuts service reopenings; S. Slow Train (Flanders and Swann song) This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, at 09:30 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Despite a change in the political leadership of Northumberland County Council following the 2017 local elections, [22] the authority continued to work towards the reintroduction of a passenger service onto the line, [23] encouraged by the Department for Transport's (DfT) November 2017 report, A Strategic Vision for Rail, which named the line as ...
Train manufacturer British Rail Engineering Limited was privatised in 1989, [45] and between 1994 and 1997 the rest of British Rail was privatised. [46] Ownership of the track and infrastructure passed to Railtrack on 1 April 1994; afterwards passenger operations were franchised to individual private-sector operators and the freight services ...
When you buy a bottle of vitamins from a nutrition store, you’ll probably notice a best-by date on the bottom of the jar. But that inscribed number isn’t a hard-and-fast rule—there is some ...
Savings interest rates today: Best accounts still paying up to 5.05% APY after quarter-point Fed cut — Dec. 19, 2024 Kelly Suzan Waggoner Updated December 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
One’s biological age, which measures the body’s physiological state, may help predict who is at risk for developing colon polyps, a known risk factor for colorectal cancer.