Working in the welcome rain made the cutting and carrying harder as we begin our main cut at #AshlawnCuttingLNR . Should take about 6 weeks. This is the former sidings of the Great Central Railway #Brownfieldsite,#LocalNatureReserve in Rugby. Last pic shows the sidings in use. #History #BeechingCuts
August 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Working in the welcome rain made the cutting and carrying harder as we begin our main cut at #AshlawnCuttingLNR . Should take about 6 weeks. This is the former sidings of the Great Central Railway #Brownfieldsite,#LocalNatureReserve in Rugby. Last pic shows the sidings in use. #History #BeechingCuts
oil industry, car industry... road-building folk (see yer chap Marples re #BeechingCuts)
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
oil industry, car industry... road-building folk (see yer chap Marples re #BeechingCuts)
"First look at new Cambridge rail station entrance"
Oxford and Cambridge were once connected by a railway known as the Varsity Line that ran from the 1850s until 1967 when government thought cars were the future*
Now the line will be making a come back.
#BeechingCuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxford and Cambridge were once connected by a railway known as the Varsity Line that ran from the 1850s until 1967 when government thought cars were the future*
Now the line will be making a come back.
#BeechingCuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First look at new Cambridge station entrance
East-West Rail says the new entrance at Cambridge railway station could be open by the mid-2030s.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"First look at new Cambridge rail station entrance"
Oxford and Cambridge were once connected by a railway known as the Varsity Line that ran from the 1850s until 1967 when government thought cars were the future*
Now the line will be making a come back.
#BeechingCuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxford and Cambridge were once connected by a railway known as the Varsity Line that ran from the 1850s until 1967 when government thought cars were the future*
Now the line will be making a come back.
#BeechingCuts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#OnThisDay - 6 March 1967, the last direct train ran from #Colchester to #Cambridge via #MarksTey and Sudbury along the Stour Valley Line.
Services beyond #Sudbury ended as part of the infamous #BeechingCuts.
More:
stourline.co.uk
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechin...
Services beyond #Sudbury ended as part of the infamous #BeechingCuts.
More:
stourline.co.uk
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechin...
The Reshaping of the Stour Valley Line - Welcome
When 'The Reshaping of British Railways' was published by British Railways in March 1963, it listed within its pages hundreds of stations nationwide that were considered uneconomic to operate.
stourline.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#OnThisDay - 6 March 1967, the last direct train ran from #Colchester to #Cambridge via #MarksTey and Sudbury along the Stour Valley Line.
Services beyond #Sudbury ended as part of the infamous #BeechingCuts.
More:
stourline.co.uk
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechin...
Services beyond #Sudbury ended as part of the infamous #BeechingCuts.
More:
stourline.co.uk
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechin...