[ The Beeching Legacy A Comprehensive Review, Past And Present, Of The Beeching Report West Country ] By Horton, Philip ( Author ) Jul-2010 [ Paperback ] The Beeching. The report The Reshaping of British Railways (or Beeching I report) was published on 27 March 1963. The problem The report starts by quoting the brief provided by the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, from 1960: 'First, the industry must be of a size and pattern suited to modern conditions and prospects. Documents for further study: The fabulous Railways Archive website hosts a collection of documents relating to the Beeching Report, railway investment and the closure. Title: Press release: The Reshaping of British Railways Author: The National Archives Subject: Press release regarding facsimile edition of the Beeching Report. John Lyons Semantics Volume 1 Pdf - Download Free Apps. Beatmania Iidx 16 Empress Ps2 Iso. Cpu Vista Hardware Interrupts.

The Lord Beeching Born ( 1913-04-21)21 April 1913,, England Died 23 March 1985 ( 1985-03-23) (aged 71),, Residence 'Brockhurst', Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3UN Nationality English Education, Occupation Physicist, Engineer Known for on railway closures Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Title Baron Beeching Spouse(s) Ella Margaret Tiley (m. 1938–1985) Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a and who for a short but very notable time was chairman of and an affiliate of the in Britain. He became a household name in Britain in the early 1960s for his report The Reshaping of British Railways, commonly referred to as 'The Beeching Report', which led to far-reaching changes in the railway network, popularly known as the. As a result of the report, just over 4,000 route miles were removed from the system on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles (22,082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles (3,200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s. Contents • • • • • • • • • • Early years [ ] Beeching was born in on the in, the second of four brothers. His father was Hubert Josiah Beeching, a reporter with the newspaper, his mother a schoolteacher and his maternal grandfather a dockyard worker.