Richard Beeching aka Doctor Beeching (1913-1985)
28th April 2011, Page 34
28th April 2011
Page 34
Page 34, 28th April 2011
— Richard Beeching aka Doctor Beeching (1913-1985)
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Keywords :
Transport In The United Kingdom, Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, Beeching Axe, Beeching, British Rail
Beeching trained as a physicist and engineer and became chairman of British Railways. He became infamous in Britain in the early 1960s for his
report The Reshaping of British Railways, referred to as the Beeching Report.
It led to far-reaching changes, known as the Beeching axe.
Following the report, 4,000 route miles were cut on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles were lost by the end of the 1960s.
And what’s bad for rail freight has got to be good for road freight.