This book examines in words and pictures the network of British branch lines and other secondary routes that survived the mass closures of the 1960s. While near

In 1963 comic duo Flanders and Swann composed Slow Train - a lament for some of the many railway lines proposed for closure by Dr Beeching. Among the destinatio

The first edition of this popular volume has been out of print for several years and has become much sought after. Produced in black and white, the first editio

Originally published in 1963, this book was the first to survey the rural transport problem as a whole, and it includes the results of extensive research in an