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  1. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

    Adam Hart Davis travels along the Beverley to York line, which was scrapped in the 1960s.

  2. West With Simon Calder

    Journalist Simon Calder explores the legacy of the 1960s railway cuts in the West Country.

  3. West Midlands

    Pete Waterman travels the West Midlands investigating whether Dr Beeching was right.

  4. South West

    Dick Strawbridge examines the impact of Beeching's cuts on the South West rail network.

  5. South

    Joe Crowley meets the people who battled to save their local railway lines in the 1960s.

  6. North West With Stuart Maconie

    Stuart Maconie takes a wry look at the effect of the Beeching railway cuts in the 1960s.

  7. North East

    Wayne Hemingway discovers the damage caused to the North East by Dr Beeching's closures.

  8. London and the South East

    Edwina Currie examines the legacy of Dr Beeching, and meets people affected by his cuts.

  9. East Midlands

    Pete Waterman travels the old Midland mainline through Derbyshire and the Peak District.

  10. East

    Nicholas Crane explores what happened in Norfolk when Dr Beeching closed many train lines.