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Good morning, I'm not sure if I'm on the correct Forum or not, if not please forgive me
Dr Beeching sliced the Rail Network to bits in the 1960s and made a right pig's ear of it
After he closed all the Branch Lines, what on earth possessed the rail companies to lift the tracks
Surely they could have been left in place in case of emergencies or Heretage lines could have taken them over like they did with some
I'm thinking of the old Plymouth / Tavistock / Oakhampton branch because of the disaster in 2014, when the main line between Penzance and Paddington was washed away at Dawlish
If the Tavistock branch had still been in place Cornwall would not have been cut off for weeks
I have heard that there are people who want to reopen this branch and, as far as I have heard Devon County Council are backing the scheme to reopen the branch
The section from Oakhampton to Exeter is still in place
Another line that should never have been ripped up is the old line from Scarborough to whitby, and Pickering to Malton
If both these lines had been retained surely the NYMR could have earned quite a large ammount of money running services from Malton, via Pickering to Whitby and down to Scarborough
Another line that was earmarked for closer was the Esk Valley Line but it was saved
I would be interested to hear people's views on this
Sharon
Dr Beeching sliced the Rail Network to bits in the 1960s and made a right pig's ear of it
After he closed all the Branch Lines, what on earth possessed the rail companies to lift the tracks
Surely they could have been left in place in case of emergencies or Heretage lines could have taken them over like they did with some
I'm thinking of the old Plymouth / Tavistock / Oakhampton branch because of the disaster in 2014, when the main line between Penzance and Paddington was washed away at Dawlish
If the Tavistock branch had still been in place Cornwall would not have been cut off for weeks
I have heard that there are people who want to reopen this branch and, as far as I have heard Devon County Council are backing the scheme to reopen the branch
The section from Oakhampton to Exeter is still in place
Another line that should never have been ripped up is the old line from Scarborough to whitby, and Pickering to Malton
If both these lines had been retained surely the NYMR could have earned quite a large ammount of money running services from Malton, via Pickering to Whitby and down to Scarborough
Another line that was earmarked for closer was the Esk Valley Line but it was saved
I would be interested to hear people's views on this
Sharon
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