Beeching cuts
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The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in
The overgrown viaduct across Lobb Ghyll on the Skipton–Ilkley line in Yorkshire, built by the Midland Railway in 1888 and closed in 1965
The Spey Viaduct, Moray, closed in 1965
The former Chippenham and Calne line in Wiltshire is now a cycleway.
Banchory railway station on the Deeside Railway, Scotland, in 1961. The station closed in 1966.
Great Central Main Line
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The Great Central Main Line, also known as the London Extension, is a former main line railway in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire R
Beeching cuts
…services on the Isle of Wight were recommended for closure, as were all branch lines in the Lake District. One of the most significant closures was the Great Central Main Line from London Marylebone to Leicester and Sheffield. Not all the recommended closures were implemented. Reprieved lines include…
A freight train on the Great Central near Braunston and Willoughby in 1958.
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Belgrave and Birstall station, typical of the island platform design used on the London Extension
10am London to Manchester express hauled by LNER A3 Pacific No.60063 'Isinglass' at Marylebone in May 1956