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    "Richard Beeching - Wikipedia",
    "Beeching cuts - Wikipedia",
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  "textContent": "Beeching is the person who was tasked with cutting costs at british rail in the 60s. His report suggested closing about a third of the stations in britain at the time. A lot of these closures were short sighted and most \"new\" railways opening in britain are reopening lines that were closed under him.\n\nWhile he is the face of these closures, I think then transport minister Ernest Marples should be under a lot more scrutiny. He directly appointed Beeching for this job and simultaneously just happened to own a road building company.\n\nSome wikipedia links below.\n\n[[MORE]]\n\nRichard Beeching - Wikipedia\n\nBeeching cuts - Wikipedia\n\nErnest Marples - Wikipedia",
  "title": "Hi there! New train person here 🙂 This might seem like a silly question, but who is Mr Beeching? I feel like you’ve mentioned him a few times and I’m very intrigued. Thanks!"
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