Editing Beeching cuts (section)

==Closures by year==
[[File:Rugby Central station remains2.jpg|thumb|The remains of [[Rugby Central railway station|Rugby Central Station]] on the former [[Great Central Railway]]]]
[[File:Abandoned Railway Cutting in Otley.jpg|thumb|An abandoned stone bridge spans the route of the [[Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway]] through [[Otley]], which was closed in 1965.]]

The list below shows over {{convert|7000|mi}} of closures:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Total length closed
|-
| 1950 || {{convert|150|mi}}
|-
| 1951 || {{convert|275|mi}}
|-
| 1952 || {{convert|300|mi}}
|-
| 1953 || {{convert|275|mi}}
|-
| 1954 to 1957 || {{convert|500|mi}}
|-
| 1958 || {{convert|150|mi}}
|-
| 1959 || {{convert|350|mi}}
|-
| 1960 || {{convert|175|mi}}
|-
| 1961 || {{convert|150|mi}}
|-
| 1962 || {{convert|780|mi}}
|-
| colspan=2| '''Beeching report published'''
|-
| 1963 || {{convert|324|mi}}
|-
| 1964 || {{convert|1058|mi}}
|-
| 1965 || {{convert|600|mi}}
|-
| 1966 || {{convert|750|mi}}
|-
| 1967 || {{convert|300|mi}}
|-
| 1968 || {{convert|400|mi}}
|-
| 1969 || {{convert|250|mi}}
|-
| 1970 || {{convert|275|mi}}
|-
| 1971 || {{convert|23|mi}}
|-
| 1972 || {{convert|50|mi}}
|-
| 1973 || {{convert|35|mi}}
|}

After this period, "residual" Beeching closures took place: [[Bridport Railway|Bridport to Maiden Newton]] in 1975,{{sfn|Beeching|1963a|p=107}} [[Alston line|Alston to Haltwhistle]] in 1976,{{sfn|Beeching|1963a|p=129|loc=Section 6 – Passenger Services under Consideration for Withdrawal before the Formulation of the Report}} and Woodside to Selsdon in 1983.{{sfn|Beeching|1963a|p=130}}