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Train journeys slower now than a century ago
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - After cuts to services, and particularly the recommendations of Dr Richard Beeching, the chairman of British Railways, in the 1960s, there are now around 10,000 miles – but the number of passengers has now increased to 1.3 billion from 1.1 billion in
North York Moor railway anniversary competition
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[Ripon Today] - The line evenually fell victim in to Dr Richard Beeching's infamous cutbacks to the rail network, but reopened again in Research has shown that the railway brings in more than £30m a year to the local economy. More information about the
Train firms want to reopen lines axed by Richard Beeching
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Britain: Clearing the Track - Videos Index on TIME.com
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