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[email protected] · May 13th 16, 11:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Fri, 13 May 2016 10:48:36 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:41:44 on
Fri, 13 May 2016, remarked:

Besides like hundreds of miles of other line it had closed before he
was appointed though people always seem to blame Beeching for them.

I always wonder what people would have thought of Beeching had he
recommended an insufficient number of cuts and BR was then forced into
the equivalent of receivership with only the Intercity lines (and a few
commuter services on the same rails) surviving.

Thats a bit like saying the Highways Agency would go into receivership because
the roads cost too much to repair. The only difference is governments are
happy to throw money at roads but not rail even though both bring massive
2ndary economic benefits.

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Spud