Although it probably doesn't matter to anybody otside the UK, today is the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Beeching report on the destruction rationalisation of British Railways.

Many blame Beeching alone, but it's worth pointing out that he merely faithfully fulfilled the brief handed to him by the Minster of Transport, Ernest Marples, a man who earned his money s a senior Director of many companies with interests as diverse as road building and road freight transport.

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