The BBC looks back at Beeching – the man who closed about a third of the UK rail network back in 1963. It’s a two parter – I found the first part rather inconclusive. Did Beeching really save British Rail? Or did the massive closures only save BR about £7m when losses were running at £100m a year? The programme doesn’t give you enough information to make up your mind.
If it is a subject that interests you you can email questions to the programme makers and/or return to the website for a web chat with Alan Whitehouse, Professor of Railway Studies at the University of York and Colin Divall, British Rail management trainee and supervisor in the 1980s, after the second half is broadcast tomorrow on Radio 4 and the web (20:30 UK time).
The BBC site also features web links to other resources, a biography of Beeching and even a bibliography.check no 5000 creditonline accept credit payment cardinternet ala accredited coursesal gore carbon creditsaged creditfederal credit acipco unionave credit addison unionaccreditation of ghana university Map
