Coming from the South west even though some of the cuts were probably justified having a alternative line to cornwall through north devon would have been good as that stretch of line often gets threatened by the sea.
Also keeping the north-south connectivity in wales from camarthen to aberystwyth would have been nice too​
Ok_Falcon4830 on
BEEEEEEEECHING!!
* shakes fist at sky *
The_GEP_Gun_Takedown on
One of the greatest acts of national self harm. Ironic that Beeching had to flee the country by train in the end because his driver’s lisences was taken away lmao.
err-no_please on
He kept the line to East Grinstead though. Where he lived
Ok_Landscape_3958 on
Isn’t that the the EU’s fault since it was blamed for almost everything that went wrong in the UK
pierebean on
This probably significantly increased the car dependency of the UK and probably made people overall poorer because energy for such cars had to be expensively imported.
EconomySwordfish5 on
This was so incredibly short sighted that they even closed an entire mainline from London to Birmingham. Now the line that’s left is over capacity.
whatevs8887 on
What’s equally gutting is that these lines could have just been paved over and given the UK a globally enviable cycle network linking every village and town, completely free from cars.
Think how much healthier we would be.
Queasy_Bluebird1585 on
Expectation: looking at a map of Beeching’s cuts.
Reality: looking at an example of the power the automotive industry had through lobbying
Accomplished-Map1727 on
One of the worst decisions this country has ever made…
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What’s Beeching and why does it matter?
Coming from the South west even though some of the cuts were probably justified having a alternative line to cornwall through north devon would have been good as that stretch of line often gets threatened by the sea.
Also keeping the north-south connectivity in wales from camarthen to aberystwyth would have been nice too​
BEEEEEEEECHING!!
* shakes fist at sky *
One of the greatest acts of national self harm. Ironic that Beeching had to flee the country by train in the end because his driver’s lisences was taken away lmao.
He kept the line to East Grinstead though. Where he lived
Isn’t that the the EU’s fault since it was blamed for almost everything that went wrong in the UK
This probably significantly increased the car dependency of the UK and probably made people overall poorer because energy for such cars had to be expensively imported.
This was so incredibly short sighted that they even closed an entire mainline from London to Birmingham. Now the line that’s left is over capacity.
What’s equally gutting is that these lines could have just been paved over and given the UK a globally enviable cycle network linking every village and town, completely free from cars.
Think how much healthier we would be.
Expectation: looking at a map of Beeching’s cuts.
Reality: looking at an example of the power the automotive industry had through lobbying
One of the worst decisions this country has ever made…