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Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways. He became a household name in Britain in the early 1960s for his report The Reshaping of British Railways, commonly referred to as "The Beeching Report", which led to far-reaching changes in the railway network, popularly known as "the Beeching Axe".

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  • Richard Beeching (de)
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  • Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (* 21. April 1913 in Maidstone; † 23. März 1985 in East Grinstead, Mid Sussex) war ein promovierter britischer Physiker und Ingenieur, der vor allem durch seine Tätigkeit als Vorsitzender der Staatsbahn British Railways bekannt wurde. Zu den dort unter seiner Regie umgesetzten Rationalisierungsmaßnahmen zählte die Stilllegung zahlreicher Nebenbahnen, die als Beeching-Axt (Beeching axe) bekannt wurde. (de)
  • Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways. He became a household name in Britain in the early 1960s for his report The Reshaping of British Railways, commonly referred to as "The Beeching Report", which led to far-reaching changes in the railway network, popularly known as "the Beeching Axe". (en)
  • Richard Beeching (Sheerness, 21 aprile 1913 – East Grinstead, 23 marzo 1985) è stato un fisico e ingegnere britannico, è stato presidente delle British Railways. È diventato un nome familiare nella Gran Bretagna dei primi anni Sessanta perché, incaricato di presentare delle proposte per ridurre il deficit delle BR, con la sua relazione The Reshaping of British Railways, comunemente denominata The Beeching Report o Axe Beeching propose di eliminare gran parte dell'infrastruttura ferroviaria e di concentrare le azioni di ammodernamento sulla parte rimasta. Conseguentemente furono chiuse e poi smantellate circa 4000 miglia di linee, portando nel 1966 la rete ferroviaria della Gran Bretagna ad un'estensione di 13721 miglia (22082 km). Altre 2.000 miglia circa (3.200 km) sono state chiuse entro (it)
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  • The Lord Beeching (en)
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  • East Grinstead, West Sussex, England (en)
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  • Sheerness, Kent, England (en)
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