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The Reshaping of British Railways - Part 2: Maps

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The 'Beeching Report' is one of the most notorious government reports of the 20th century. The failure of the modernisation plan to stem BR's losses led the author, Dr Beeching, to propose wholesale route closures in an attempt to concentrate resources on the core routes.

Many closures went ahead; some sensible, others far less so. The report often adopted an overly-simplistic analysis of the economics of the routes, failing to recognise how the branches contributed traffic to the core network. The Beeching closures failed in their attempt to eliminate BR's losses, and led to the belated recognition that the railways serve a social role which should be financially acknowledged.

Category	Financial & economic reports
Related Event	N/A
Date of Publication	27th March 1963
Author(s)	British Transport Commission
Publisher	Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Sourced?	Yes
Source	Library Service
Original Document Link	Click Here
Source Format	Paper
Document Copyright	Crown
Permission Requested?	Yes
Permission Granted?	Yes
PDF Available?	Yes
PDF File Copyright	The Railways Archive Creative Commons License
No. of Pages	13
Size of Download (Mb)	4.5
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		Timeline: Beeching closures
		December 1960 Reorganisation of the Nationalised Transport Undertakings 27th March 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways - Part 1: Report 27th March 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways - Part 2: Maps 2nd May 1963 The Economics and Social Aspects of the Beeching Plan 1965 Review of Dr Beeching's Report The Reshaping of British Railways February 1965 The Development Of The Major Railway Trunk Routes February 1965 The Transport Conflict by Dr Beeching

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