If you get a Devon & Cornwall rover, you can tick off all the branch lines in a short and cheap rail holiday extravaganza, and keen enthusiasts could even tick off the major private operations (principally in Devon). Although those fares of-course are not included in your rover, meanies can at least visit the respective stations or pick a roadside advantage point to witness the steam locos chuffing past.

Vivarail should have been saved and to see them continuing on converting and modifying the Ex London Underground D78 stocks to Class 230 Hybrid/Battery and DEMU units.

Our national heritage, right there

I’m a Scunny station regular, many freight back in the day, not as much anymore sadly

Foggy 🌁

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No

Beeching was nothing but a short sighted, industrial vandal. He knew NOTHING about the railway. Tory appointee. You need to look at the money that went into motorway building and the construction companies!

What a beautiful mogul

Stayed up late to see this

Cool

Great video, love the Penistone Line.

This early service seems empty apart from you. Hopefully it will get more passengers after the upgrade

Marples was the real villain.

Your point about failure to anticipate future growth and potential is spot on. The rot set in at at cack handed way they were nationalised. Under private ownership owned by shareholders they were only paid a dividend if there was a profit. When nationalised The government had to pay off the shareholders who were were paid in British Transport bond with a FiXED return of I believe 3.5% for I think 30 years. Right away shareholdersof the LNER and LMS had a fixed income instead of the low dividends (if any) before. Right away BR being the biggest component of the megalith BTC were saddled with fixed cost and the eventual repayment when bonds were redeemed. They were also stripped of their hotels docks and some ferry services all of which had contributed to income. Disastrous start. They were wre hamstrung by the totally incompetent BTC. It sowed the seeds of financial problems that wre to beset BR for decades

Modernizing the wagons and locos where the right thing to do BUT cuting back on A and B roads to save money NO.. HS2 will fix this with straighter faster track to connect the country.

Sorry, they are not hangars, they are sheds.

Some closed short lines ( Tiverton to Tiverton Junction , Devon , UK ) would make 1st class tourist tramways .... In the USA some abandoned railroads are NOT torn up and used for ( rail workers ( + missus and kids ? ) crazy 😝 leisure Sunday FUN ! ) watch video : [ Speeders to Hazens * Re Upload * ] ... 2 stroke mayhem ( ? ) .... DAVE™🛑

The old St Johns station wasnt on the Hitchin line but interesting anyway. The Hitchin line ran from Midland Station and was briefly the main line to London before being replaced by the route down through Luton.

Great video, brings back happy memories. 🚂

The Railways were struggling after the First World War. That’s why they were grouped in 1923. After the 2nd World War it was even worse, so they nationalised the railways. This just kicking the can down the road. Beeching was emergency surgery. He certainly wasn’t mad and his job was to make the railways pay. He got a lot of things right, especially where Freight was concerned. He was against electrifying the west coast mainline because of the up front cost. So he was basically a numbers man.

Fantastic video! You’ve presented a balanced view on Dr. Beeching’s impact on Britain’s railways, and it’s thought-provoking to consider both sides of the argument. For a deeper dive into Dr. Beeching’s Report, don’t miss "Dr. Beeching's Report" by Hand Drawn History-it provides more insightful context on the topic!

Tours are easier to see around my place

I'd love to have a walk through there, if still possible.

No he did not. Those who moan about the loss of a particular railway are the same people who would moan about paying taxes to keep said railway operating. That's not to say that, with the benefit of hindsight, some lost rail routes should have been kept in use, especially considering the change in demographics.

Did Dr B get it wrong or was he told to get it wrong!!?? Interesting that even the Government Transport Minister admitted that the East Coast Britannia's were far more economical than the diesels sent in to replace the Britannia class locomotives. Electrics are too expensive and diesels are dangerous!

Yes of course he got it wrong towns and even cities (Wells)that had a railway but taken away was a travesty

What about St Keyne Wishing Well Halt

It is often said that a lot of lines could have been saved if costs had been cut, while this may be true I do wonder how the unions would have reacted in 1963 to suggestions of cost cutting. The unions were going to fight for every job, which is understandable to a degree, however they (the unions) didnt seem to make any meaningful effort to say if this change or that change is made could it save the line and some jobs

You forgot Brum Birmingham and the West midlands metro

I love this mate. G seems like an absolute diamond. I must meet him sometime

1 new station on that line called Low Moor quite a nice station

He got it wrong! Very short sighted! We need these lines back!

This train terminates at Battersea Power STN.

Wish you would have addressed how to access the underground from the platform to switch routes.

We can ride duck irl

How have I only just found your channel. Really well-made vids. Mad to see another Bletchley youtuber, I thought the only one was AP 😆

Happy to help in providing footage for this great video mate!

Hi Steven Do the MML please

You are missing the Hounslow loop

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I saw that!

Lovely adventure for you both.

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The editing is superb. You really have a skill to go with your presentation skills. I fully loved this day. Truly wonderous. Thank you

We went there to Steam Museum and ended up with more than just Brewer the Teddy if you saw the photos of Nimah’s birthday party the T shirt I bought

Me too I have been to Didcot Railway centre not Didcot parkway station

Nice one

Nice one

Nice one