Pre Beeching Railway Map. This month sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first part of a report into the state of britain’s railways written by richard beeching and commonly called the beeching report. His brief was to stem the losses and plan for the future of rail as part of a national transport system.

Marvel at just how dense the british rail network used to be before the beeching cuts in the 1960s! Pre and post beeching map. The big improvement is the change to a full a4 size giving more space for detail in areas with many rail lines.

The lcdr built its line to ramsgate in 1863, coming in from margate via broadstairs.

A truly glorious map of the great western railway, originally published in 1950. Dr richard beeching, in two reports, the reshaping of british railways (1963) and the development of the major railway trunk routes (1965), identified that 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles (8,000 km. He completely transformed the railway network, abandoning over 6,000 miles of track and 4,000 stations. Its station, reached by a tunnel, was right on the seafront at ramsgate harbour.