Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (1913 to 1985) was a British physicist and industrial executive at Imperial Chemical Industries before he was brought in to chair the British Railways Board from 1963 to 1965, where he authored the two reports that recommended what became known as the Beeching cuts. Beeching pushed back on the popular nickname his reports earned him, saying he supposed he would always be looked upon as the axe man, but that it was surgery, not mad chopping. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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How much of the British rail network was removed after the Beeching report?
Just over 4000 route miles by 1966.
Just over 4000 route miles (6400 kilometres) were removed from the system on cost and efficiency grounds as a result of the report, leaving Britain with 13721 miles (22082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2000 miles (3200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s, while other lines were reduced to freight use only.
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I suppose I'll always be looked upon as the axe man, but it was surgery, not mad chopping.
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was a physicist and engineer who was chairman of British Railways
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