Scotland's Lost Branch Lines Where Beeching Got it Wrong

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The infamous ‘Beeching Axe’ swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the 1960s. Conventional wisdom viewed these losses as regrettable yet inevitable in an era of growing affluence and rising car ownership. This ground-breaking analysis of Beeching’s flawed approach to closures has unearthed strong evidence of a ‘stitch-up’, the Beeching Report ignored the scope for sensible economies which would have allowed a significant number of axed routes to survive and prosper. David Spaven traces the birth, life and eventual death of Scotland’s branch lines, and outlines the controversial closure process through the unique stories of how a dozen routes lost their trains in the 1960s: the lines to Ballachulish, Ballater, Callander, Crail, Crieff, Fraserburgh, Kelso, Kilmacolm, Leven, Peebles, Peterhead and St Andrews. He concludes by exploring a potential renaissance of branch lines, propelled by concerns over road congestion and the climate emergency.
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Stock Code BIR19.0
Author Spaven D
ISBN13 9781839830198
Format Hardback
Height(mm) 240
Width(mm) 156
Page Count 297
Pictures 76
Publication Date 6 Apr 2022
Publication Status Out of print
Publisher BIRLINN
Record last updated 22/11/2023