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Published 15 May 2019Travel journalist Simon Calder takes a journey from across the south of England — by bike, rail and car. In this documentary film, Simon explores the legacy of the Beeching railway cuts. He examines the arguments for reopening some of the branch lines axed in the 1960s.
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Overall, this is a pretty good little summary of the impact of the Beeching Report cuts to British Railways’ rural and suburban branch lines, but the viewing-with-alarm about the density of road traffic is almost note-for-note with a 1964 “Look at Life” film on the same problem but from the drivers’ point of view – Living with Cars and other videos from the 1950s and 60s. Some things just don’t change.
Comment by Nicholas — March 29, 2022 @ 11:16