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Railway Renaissance: Britain's Railways After Beeching Kindle Edition

by Gareth David (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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“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.

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About the Author

Gareth DAVID is a lifelong transport enthusiast who has been following railways and transport photography for most of his adult life. He trained as a journalist and helped to launch Open Access Operator Grand Central Railway Company. Gareth is also a volunteer on the Mid Hants Railway, where he works as a booking clerk. This is his second book for Pen and Sword Publishing. Gareth writes a blog www.railwayworld.net

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0754LC8ZQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Transport; 1st edition (September 30, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 56347 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 560 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #4,062,991 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #867 in Railroads (Kindle Store)
- #940 in Railroad History
- #1,494 in Welsh History

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Steve Price

Celebrating the rebirth of our railways.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2017

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This is a book of sheer joy seeing the work of Marples and his hatchet man Beeching slowly begin to unravel as the railways time has come again and lines and stations are reopened, albeit slowly at present, but the rate will increase and the railway map will grow once more as more towns are reconnected to the network. The politicians, civil servants and unions of the 60's and 70's are equally as guilty in destroying mile upon mile of our country's infrastructure that we so desperately need today. I would say treasonable is the word that comes to my mind. However this book is a celebration of what is happening now and what is to come. Highly recommended.

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