Beeching Only Did What He Was Asked ; with Reference to Richard Jones' Letter (November 14) On Restoring Railway Links, It Is All Very Well to Portray Dr Beeching and 'His Infamous Closures' As a Villain, but He Was Simply Brought in to Make Some Sense Out of Britain's Hopelessly Unremunerative System, the Product of 19th Century Competition Rather Than a Sensible, Co- Ordinated Approach.

Western Morning News, The › November 26, 2008

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With reference to Richard Jones' letter (November 14) on restoring railway links, it is all very well to portray Dr Beeching and "his infamous closures" as a villain, but he was simply brought in to make some sense out of Britain's hopelessly unremunerative system, the product of 19th century competition rather than a sensible, co-ordinated approach.

Far more blame for going "over the top", as it were, can be laid at the door of then Transport Minister Ernest Marples - an enemy of the railways if ever there was one.

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Beeching Only Did What He Was Asked ; with Reference to Richard Jones' Letter (November 14) On Restoring Railway Links, It Is All Very Well to Portray Dr Beeching and 'His Infamous Closures' As a Villain, but He Was Simply Brought in to Make Some Sense Out of Britain's Hopelessly Unremunerative System, the Product of 19th Century Competition Rather Than a Sensible, Co- Ordinated Approach.

Things could have been far worse, with Cornwall l...

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