Very good video. You make the point well that lines and stations were being closed from WW1 onwards as a result of competition from lorries, buses and cars. Too many people have a misguided understanding of railway closures and think it all started with Beeching. Even with pruning up to 1963, the railways were still making a loss and even a change of government in 1964 did little to change things.

Interesting vid Ed, it’s good to see some lines did survive and some even reopened. Most closures were short sighted and although we blame Dr Beeching for the closures, behind this was the government of the time. Very little consideration was given as to future needs of the railway services, rail travel was seen as old and Victorian and Roads as you mentioned were the way forwards, and as the result we have the mess we have today.

Very good, Ed. It’s positive news that some lines and stations are making a comeback, as the Beeching axe, although necessary in a broad sense to remove the most blatant duplication, was too indiscriminate and not nearly as objective as he claimed. Nor has it ever really been established whether a lot of the cuts made any difference financially. I am enjoying your videos, and hope to do do a trip to the West Country soon on some of the surviving lines. Best wishes, Andrew from Brighton

I was at Yeoford last year

How ironic, Beeching Close !

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build a brand-new underground train station so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

I don't know of any living people that would call him a human let alone a hero the damage he done is only now being fully realised and some being undone like the closing the 3rd tunnel at Kings was pretty dim wited at best and has cost more to reinstate than what it would have to maintain in a sleep like state where it could have been reopen if needed but nope a man of no common sense or experience of run a railway was put in full charge

@andrewlong6438

11 ай бұрын

Beeching wrote a report. He recommended closures but never closed a single line. Marples often gets blamed but Barbara Castle probably closed more lines and stations. When governments in the 1950s/1960s insisted that the railway made a profit and were in fact making increasing losses despite previous closures - it was time for Beeching to be bought in.

@user-hj6dt9nk4n

11 күн бұрын

Main criticism was lack of protection of closed trackbeds and tunnels, bridges etc for possible re-opening in future, there seemed in some cases a deliberate policy to destroy the infrastructure very soon after closure to make sure reopening was impossible, almost out of spite