Beeching's legacy
In a series of reports to be shown on ITV News Anglia, we look at the legacy in the Anglia region left by Dr Beeching's cuts to the railway.
- Claire McGlasson
Beeching's Legacy: Looking back at the closed Peterborough to Rugby line
Although some railways were saved from Dr Beeching's axe, hundreds of others were closed, seemingly gone forever. Among them the line between Peterborough and Rugby.
ITV News Anglia reporter Claire McGlasson took a trip along a route now consigned to the history books.
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