What Railways Left Behind - Steve Liptrot

Railways have been around for about 200 years and while the majority have flourished and are still in existence today, many no longer remain. Some of these have completely disappeared, especially those associated with the transportation of industrial commodities such as coal. In some instances, passenger railways have not fared much better than their industrial counterparts and the Beeching Report led to the closure of 2,300 railway stations and over 5,000 track miles in Britain in the 1960s. When... Zobrazit více