Quote:
Originally Posted by jambutty
Middle Lane Hoggers - Blasted!
People still blame Dr Beeching for the state of the railways today but all he did was close down unprofitable branch and secondary lines. The real problem was government underfunding and restrictive practices by the various unions and intransigence of management.
|
as far as i'm concerned this is not quite correct, sure unprofitable branch lines were shut, but so were profitable ones if my information was correct, a local example was platform1 accrington- manchester line,most of the older members will remember all the wheelchairs on platform1 for delivery to wherever,a late friend who worked on the railway told me many times it was a profitable little line, myself as an anorak (train spotter) in those days used the manchester line frequently n was always quite busy, after the demise of it,the wheelchairs went to road haulage,along with countless other goods around the country,sure underfunding by the government is a factor, same could be said of the NHS today, so nowts changed their.