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Vor 3 Tagen · The Beeching cuts – named after Dr. Richard Beeching – began under the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in the mid-1960s and subsequently continued under Harold Wilson’s Labour government which won power in 1964.
Vor 2 Tagen · Following semi-secret discussions on railway finances by the government-appointed Stedeford Committee in 1961, one of its members, Dr Richard Beeching, was offered the post of chairing the BTC while it lasted and then became the first Chairman of the British Railways Board.
Vor 3 Tagen · The original line was a victim of the Beeching cuts in the 1950’s but miles of it have been lovingly restored by an army of enthusiastic volunteers over the years. A big gala at the weekend saw a number of guest locomotives joining the railway’s own engines.
Vor 4 Tagen · It is unlikely Dr. Richard Beeching's name would appear on a locomotive; his participation on the Stedeford Committee in 1960 led to the British Government adopting his recommendation to close over one-third of the then-existing passenger rail network, the "Beeching Axe".
Vor 5 Tagen · For over a century the rail network had served the Levenmouth area, including Buckhaven and Methil, and it had survived the notorious Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Yet, the age of car-centred planning was in full swing and the cuts continued until Levenmouth was left as Scotland’s largest populated area without a connection to the ...
Vor 6 Tagen · Richard Beeching: britischer Physiker und Ingenieur 71 23. März Anton Levien Constandse: niederländischer Autor und Anarchist 85 23. März Georg von Gaupp-Berghausen: österreichischer Militär und Wehrexperte 67 23. März Patricia Roberts Harris: US-amerikanische Politikerin 60 23. März Kurt Kramer: deutscher Physiologe und Hochschullehrer ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Many of these disused stations ceased their passenger services in the 1960s due to extensive cuts across the railway network following the notorious Beeching Report.
