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Beeching's Tracks

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Series exploring what happened to Britain's railways when many branch lines were closed after the Beeching Report in the 1960s

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Beeching's Tracks - East

Nicholas Crane explores what happened to Norfolk's railways 45 years ago when many of the county's branch lines were closed after the Beeching Report.

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Beeching's Tracks - London and South East

Edwina Currie takes a journey across London and the South East to examine the legacy left by one of the most notorious men in British railway history, Dr Beeching.

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Beeching's Tracks - Midlands

Pop impresario and ex-railway worker Pete Waterman goes on a journey across the West Midlands to ask whether Dr Beeching's ideas about the railways hold true today.

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Beeching's Tracks - North

Adam Hart Davis takes a road trip along the ghost of the Beverley to York line, which was scrapped under Beeching, and looks at the campaign to get it re-opened.

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Beeching's Tracks - North West

Stuart Maconie looks at the effect of the Beeching railway cuts in the 1960s and asks how much they are to blame for today's traffic problems in the North West.

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Beeching's Tracks - West

Travel journalist Simon Calder takes a journey along the West Country's lost railway lines to explore the legacy of the 1960s cuts inspired by the Beeching Report.

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