The year 1963 will always be remembered as the one when the Sixties
really started to swing. The Beatles and Rolling Stones were
topping the charts while the mini-skirt and the Mini car had become
the latest fashion accessories. For those with an interest in
railways however, 1963 was memorable for the publication by Her
Majesty's Stationery Office of Part 1 of the report 'The Reshaping
of British Railways' by Dr Richard Beeching, then chairman of the
British Railways Board. The term 'reshaping' was somewhat of a
euphemism as the Report envisaged a radical reduction in the
national rail network. Hundreds of stations were to be closed to
both freight and passenger traffic, along with thousands of miles
of track, while several thousand staff would be made redundant.
This book is intended as a record of how the proposals affecting
passenger services in the Wessex Area were ruthlessly implemented
over a ten year period. Since then, despite the introduction of
modern high-speed rolling stock and much track rationalisation, the
extent of our rail network has remained basically the same. Train
services in Wessex today are therefore still very much Dr
Beeching's Legacy. In addition he bequeathed to the nation a linear
network of derelict land which could be put to other purposes,
including that of heritage railway. The area covered by this book
include sections of the counties of Avon, Somerset, Wiltshire,
Hampshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire.
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