Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer. 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.As a result of the report, just over 4,000 route miles were cut on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles (22,082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles (3,200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s."@en }
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- Richard_Beeching,_Baron_Beeching abstract "Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer. 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.As a result of the report, just over 4,000 route miles were cut on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles (22,082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles (3,200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s.".