The Reshaping of British Railways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reshaping of British Railways write by British Railway Board. This book was released on 2013-01-01. The Reshaping of British Railways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Reshaping of British Railways is a piece of railway history every dedicated enthusiast will want in their collection. Bradshaw's Guide has given birth to a wave of nostalgia for our Victorian and Edwardian railway systems. The Reshaping of British Railways, another facsimile which will fascinate train buffs, is the document that decimated these systems forever. With the British Rail company's failure, by the early 1960s, to stem the network's huge annual losses, the government turned to Dr Richard Beeching. He was to save money by recommending the cutting of redundant routes and services. His two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), were published by the British Railways Board in 1965, and offer a fascinating snapshot of our nation's railways. In the first part of this historic facsimile, Dr Beeching identifies the 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of railway line for closure - over 50% of all stations and 30% of route miles. The second part recommends a small number of major remaining routes for significant investment. Well documented nationwide protests resulted in the saving of some stations and lines, but the majority were closed as planned and Beeching's name is to this day associated with the mass closure of railways and the loss of many local services in the period that followed. Now, for the first time, this iconic piece of railway history is available in its entirety, complete with the original tables and maps of routes deemed fit for closure.
Review of Dr. Beeching's report
Review of Dr. Beeching's report - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Review of Dr. Beeching's report write by Engelbert Rutgerus Hondelink. This book was released on 1965. Review of Dr. Beeching's report available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Railway Renaissance
Railway Renaissance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Railway Renaissance write by Gareth David. This book was released on 2017-09-30. Railway Renaissance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “David’s superb book looks at the defiant renaissance of such heritage railways . . . in contrast to Beeching’s vision of a streamlined railway network.” —Books Monthly When a 35 mile stretch of the former Waverley route from Edinburgh to Carlisle reopened on 6 September 2015, it became the most significant reopening of any UK railway since the infamous Beeching Report, “The Reshaping of British Railways,” was published in March 1963. In his report, Dr. Richard Beeching recommended sweeping closures of lines across the UK to improve the financial performance of British railways, which led to wholesale closures over the following decade and a reduction in the UK rail network from 18,000 miles in 1963, to some 11,000 miles a decade later. But since that low point was reached in the early 1970s a revolution has been taking place. Passenger traffic on the railways is now at its highest level since the 1940s and from Alloa to Aberdare, as well as from Mansfield to Maesteg, closed lines have reopened and the tide of Beeching closures has been gradually rolled back. Scores of stations have been reopened and on many of the newly revived lines, passenger traffic is far exceeding the forecasts used to support their reopening. In this comprehensive survey of new and reopened railways and stations across England, Scotland and Wales, Gareth David asks what it tells us about Dr. Beeching’s report, looking at how lines that were earmarked for closure in that report, but escaped the axe, have fared and reviews the host of further routes, which are either set to be reopened or are the focus of reopening campaigns.
Beeching Report The Reshaping of British Railways
Beeching Report The Reshaping of British Railways - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beeching Report The Reshaping of British Railways write by Richard BEECHING. This book was released on 1963. Beeching Report The Reshaping of British Railways available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain
Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain write by Charles Loft. This book was released on 2006-09-27. Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than 40 years after its publication, the 1963 Beeching Report on British railways remains controversial for recommending the closure of a third of Britain’s railways. In this book, Charles Loft examines: why the nationalized railways were in such dire financial straits by 1963 how government work on future transport needs led to conclusions which would have cut Britain’s railways down by thousands of miles what difficulties eventually halted attempts by Conservative and Labour governments to implement these cuts. This book will be invaluable to anyone interested in how transport policy is made or how it has arrived at its current state and sheds fascinating new light on the working of government, the economy and the mood of the times under Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Wilson.
