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The Beeching closure programme was largely right

Peter Mackie, Research professor, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2
22 March 2013
 

I like rail travel. At its best it is a more civilised and inspirational mode of travel than any other except possibly walking in the Dales. I am a fan of Betjeman and think that the loss of the Euston Arch was a wanton piece of destruction. But rail travel is inherently expensive however it is funded, so difficult social choices have to be made.

Richard Beeching (cue for boos) was an agent, not a principal. The Government, and particularly transport minister Ernest Marples, he of road...

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