Zusammenfassung der Ressource
History-UK-BK1-Beeching axe
- The nationalisation of British railways was making loses of 104 million
- Railways needed to be modernised
- Richard Beeching was given he job of making the railways more efficient
- Beeching recommended
- 2,539 railway stations were closed
- 8,000km of railway track was demolished
- loss of 160,000 jobs over 7 years