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Met chief Mark Rowley defends proposal for police forces to be merged

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner said the plans were the ‘opposite of Beeching’ – the culling of local rail services in the 1960s.

Evening Standard · Nov 6

The Guardian view on the 200th anniversary of the railways: much more than a way of getting from A to B

Editorial The bicentenary of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington line is a moment to celebrate a form of travel which shaped our culture

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025

It’s a scandal that the Great Central Railway was ever shut

Letters: Brian Hughes says had it been left in service, an upgrade would have cost a fraction of the money poured into HS2. Plus a letter from Paul Foxall

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

The Edinburgh stations that used to connect the city before completely vanishing

It's now been 60 years since Dr Richard Beeching's controversial report took a boxcutter to dozens of railway routes up and down the country - including a great number right here in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 27, 2023

Town's plan for a new train station get one step closer

The old station in Golborne was shut in 1961 following the Beeching report.

Manchester Evening News · Jan 24, 2023

A walk on the wild side: explore the Avalon Marshes, Somerset

In the shadow of Glastonbury Tor, on the Somerset Levels, our writer discovers a wetland wonderland for wildlife

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022