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Backdoor Beeching

Tony Wilkinson reports on the way many British Rail lines are having to be closed not just because they run at loss but because BR cannot or will not spend to maintain them in a safe state.

First broadcast on 3 June 1982.

40 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Jun 201321:00
BBC Parliament

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Credits

PresenterDerek Hart
ParticipantRichard Beeching
ParticipantVictor Collins

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