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The real Beeching tragedy was not converting lines to roads

Paul Withrington, Director, Transport Watch, Northampton NN2
22 March 2013
 

Is it not extraordinary that Beeching continues to be held up as the reason for the railways continuing failure (Media Monitor & Golcar Circular LTT 08 Mar)?  Beeching pointed out that 30% of the route miles carried only 1% of passenger-miles and 1% of tonne-miles. He recommended closures in the vain hope that the remaining network would be profitable.

Those who lament the Beeching cuts often claim that the loss was very much greater than the 1% on the basis that those passengers would...

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