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The Times End of the Line - British Railway Closures from 1948 to Beeching (Hardcover)
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The Times End of the Line - British Railway Closures from 1948 to Beeching (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R526
Discovery Miles 5 260
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The ideal gift for railway enthusiasts Covering the period from
1948 to 1996, The Times End of the Line chronologically traces the
history of more than 400 long forgotten railway lines, region by
region, from their opening to closure and a few cases to reopening.
For such a small country, Britain once possessed one of the most
extensive rail networks in the world which, by the outbreak of the
First World War, it had reached a peak of 23,440 route miles. Two
world wars and nationalisation of the railways brought about
significant closures. Then on 27 March 1963 Dr Richard Beeching's
report, The Reshaping of British Railways, was published. This was
the final nail in the coffin for Britain's railways which
eventually brought closure over the following years to a further
4,500 route miles, 2,500 stations and the loss of 67,700 jobs. This
comprehensive guide will be illustrated with regional maps and rare
archive photographs, transporting the reader back to the era of
steam when railways still played an important role in daily life.
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