On 1/10/2005 the Times (p.19) carried a story 'Biggest cuts since Beeching signalled by rail minister', with a map showing rail services to be reduced in frequency, stations closed on retained lines, or even lines closed altogether. Since then I've seen nothing on this. One of the biggest cuts appeared to be the closure to passengers altogether of the 40 mile line between Doncaster and Barnetby Junction (North Lincolnshire) via Scunthorpe - presumably the actual line would be retained to serve the (albeit slowly dying) steelworks at Scunthorpe. The map was not very well drawn and this could be a mistake.

 

Do any crit geoggers, esp those in the Lincolnshire / S Yorks area, know anything of this. I know that the above mentioned passenger service has been in the beady eyes of the Beeching Brigade for quite a few years, especially since the infamous Serpell Report of the mid 80s - thankfully, for UK road transport congestion and pollution, never implemented.....or am I just being prematurely optimistic here?

 

Hillary Shaw, Geography, University of Southampton