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Media in category "Railway maps of the United Kingdom" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Extract of 1889 Railway Map Showing Grosvenor Road station.png 315 × 396; 367 KB
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 ...
Beeching was a businessman rather than a railwayman and his high salary (particularly in a nationalised industry) caused controversy. His report The Reshaping of British Railways (commonly known simply as "The Beeching Report") issued in 1963, concluded that much of the railway network carried little traffic and should be closed down.
Frith's The Railway Station, 1862 depiction of Paddington railway station in London. In 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened. [21] Being the world's first inter-city passenger railway and the first to have 'scheduled' services, terminal stations and services as we know them today, it set the pattern for modern railways.
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 UK was ranked eighth among national European rail systems in the 2017 European Railway Performance Index for intensity of use, quality of service and safety performance. [11] To cope with increasing passenger numbers, there is a large programme of upgrades to the network, including Thameslink , Crossrail , electrification of lines , in-cab ...
Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010 This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region . There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London . [ 1 ]
North British Railway Leadburn to Dolphinton 1 April 1933 Dornoch Light Railway: The Mound to Dornoch 13 June 1960 Douglas Branch: Caledonian Railway Lanark to Happendon 5 October 1964 Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway: Caledonian Railway Lockerbie to Dumfries 18 April 1966 Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway: Caledonian Railway (LMS)