Thanks to
@21C101 for both starting this thread and providing the source of their information, the report being availabl on the excellent Railways Archive website:
Archive of UK railways documents
www.railwaysarchive.co.uk
however with a pedant hat on it is actually wrong the refer this to this as the second Beeching Report as there was actually a 2nd report called: "The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes"
that has already been discussed in this forum
Hi, i've been reading through the British Rail wikipedia entry and there is an part of the entry that talk about a second report by Dr. Beeching. Does any one have any knowledge of this? Was this a real thing or just a rumor? The only image related to this possible report is this; Image was...
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People tend to forget that Beeching was appointed exactly 60 years ago in March 1961. The world was totally different then. What will be more interesting is what will happen over the next few years not dwelling on the past. What seems like a "Ludicrous Attempted Closure" today might be seen in totally different light once traffic has settled down to what will become the zero carbon post Covid & post Brexit normal.
Also I took the OP's question and opening post to talk about lines/stations that have been proposed for closure but are still open - not lines that actually closed.