Does the train stop here today?
NINETEEN SIXTY TWO – PART 77
Anniversary of the Beeching Report Part 2
Michael L. Roach
Tiverton Junction – Tiverton
Taunton – Barnstaple Junction
Liskeard – Looe
Lostwithiel – Fowey
St. Erth – St. Ives (Cornwall)
Okehampton – Plymouth
Barnstaple Junction – Ilfracombe
Axminster – Lyme Regis
Seaton Junction – Seaton (Devon)
Sidmouth Junction - Sidmouth
Tipton St. Johns – Exmouth
Exeter Central – Exmouth
Bere Alston – Callington
Halwill – Torrington
Bodmin Road / Bodmin North – Wadebridge – Padstow
Passenger Services to be modified:
Bristol Temple Meads – Taunton
Taunton – Exeter St. Davids
Exeter St. Davids – Kingswear
Plymouth – Penzance
Par – Newquay
Salisbury – Exeter Central
Exeter Central – Okehampton
Exeter Central – Barnstaple
In 2013 Harper Collins printed a facsimile version of the original Beeching Report – the full title was “The Reshaping of British Railways.” ISBN: 9780007511969. Several copies are currently advertised on Ebay. For the benefit of those readers who want to see the complete picture of passenger services to be withdrawn (Section 1) and and passenger services to be modified (Section 2) scans of those pages from the Report are enclosed below. Section 3 – passenger stations and halts to be closed is not included because it extends over many pages.
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Phil 'Shattered' Smith
Jonathan Harbagee