THIS month marks the 50th anniversary of a report which led to the phrase "Beeching-style cuts" describing swingeing budget reductions.
The man behind the phrase was a former ICI technical director Dr Richard Beeching who had taken over as British Railways chairman in 1961.
Mr Beeching, aged 49, released a bombshell report on March 27, 1963.
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