BEECH ING POLICY
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ORD CHESHAM, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transort, denied last Week that he had eliberately omitted the cost of carrying ircels by road when talking about the Lvings which would result from closed Away lines.
The accusation came from Lord .onham, who said that whole lorry fleets ould have to be provided in place of the sins now carrying passenger parcels.
Lord Hawke pointed out that the main aject of the Beeching Plan was not :onornies from the closure of branch nes but more efficient operation, lowerg the quantities of rolling stock and .tracting more traffic. The question of le withdrawal of branch services was using quite unwarranted attention in the )untry, because of the false propaganda due which had been put upon it by this isinterpretation of the Beeching Plan.
said.
Lord Chesham agreed that closure :oposals seemed to receive a great deal ore thought and put/ticity than did the instructive and progressive aspects of le plan for the railways.