Editing Beeching cuts (section)

==In popular culture==
[[Flanders and Swann]], writers and performers of satirical songs, wrote a lament for lines closed by the Beeching cuts entitled "[[Slow Train (Flanders and Swann song)|Slow Train]]" (1963). Michael Williams' book ''On the slow train'' takes its name from the Flanders and Swann song. It celebrates 12 of the most beautiful and historic journeys in Britain, some of which were saved from the Beeching cuts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/michael-williams-so-much-pain-in-our-love-of-the-train-1934744.html |title=Michael Williams: So much pain in our love of the train |newspaper=The Independent |date=3 April 2010 |access-date=14 February 2011}}</ref> It perpetuated the myth that the Beeching cuts were concerned solely with sleepy rural branch lines, but they actually also concerned well-used "industrial" and commuter lines.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

The [[BBC]] TV comedy series ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'', broadcast from 1995 to 1997, was set at a small fictional branch-line railway station threatened with closure under the Beeching cuts.

In the satirical magazine ''[[Private Eye]]'', the "Signal Failures" column on railway issues is written under the pseudonym "Dr. B. Ching".

The lyrics of the [[I Like Trains]] song "The Beeching Report" criticise Dr Beeching and the Beeching cuts.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}