By Charles Loft
More than forty years after its e-book, the 1963 Beeching Report on British railways continues to be arguable for recommending the closure of a 3rd of Britain’s railways.
In this ebook, Charles Loft examines:
- why the nationalized railways have been in such dire monetary straits via 1963
- how govt paintings on destiny delivery wishes resulted in conclusions which might have lower Britain’s railways down by way of hundreds of thousands of miles
- what problems finally halted makes an attempt by means of Conservative and Labour governments to enforce those cuts.
This ebook may be necessary to somebody drawn to how delivery coverage is made or the way it has arrived at its present nation and sheds attention-grabbing new mild at the operating of presidency, the economic climate and the temper of the days lower than Churchill, Eden, Macmillan and Wilson.
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