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The Beeching Report

In March 1963 the British government announced plans to slash the country's rail network. Witness spoke to Sandy Morrison, one of the civil servants involved in the cuts.

In March 1963, the British government published the Beeching Report – a plan to radically cut the country’s railway network. Thousands of stations were closed. Witness spoke to Sandy Morrison, one of the civil servants involved in the cuts.

(Photo: 1 May 1968, the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive leaves King's Cross station, London. Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)

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Thu 26 Mar 2015 08:50GMT

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