The 200th anniversary of something is usually cause for some celebrations, or nostalgia, mourning and a wish to recover it if it has been lost in the meantime.
This is especially true if it is something central to the community, like a hospital or local meeting hall or famous landmark.
The railways are, or should be, very important as community facilities, with reduced pollution compared to road transport, and from the 2020s onwards many lines will be reaching their bicentenaries, including some lines closed by Beeching in the 1960s but long overdue for reopening.
Will we see any celebrations to mark their anniversaries - dates of opening for many here
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Or will they be seen as far too workaday for that (cough cough, sorry, a deisel vehicle just drove by my window).
Dr Hillary J. Shaw
Visiting Fellow - Centre for Urban Research on Austerity
Department of Politics and Public Policy
De Montfort University
LE1 9BH
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