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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calder_Valley_line#cite_note-1
Obviously some lines were singled during this time as they had been since the 1960s as an economy measure - Dorchester-Moreton, Probus - Burngullow in Cornwall, Farnham-Alton, much of the Uckfield line, part of the Bolton-Blackburn line - and Filton Bank was de-quadrified. I can't find any other reference to it though. Given Wikipedia is only as reliable as its users, does anyone know for definite if this document exists, and if so which lines were listed?
It would be interesting to see which lines were slated for 'modification' but avoided a fate which would be cumbersome and costly to reverse. Other than the Calder Valley, I seem to recall reading there was a plan to single much of the Marches line, but obviously that never happened. I suspect though that parts of pretty much any line other than the WCML, ECML, GWML, GEML and Greater London commuter belt lines could have been listed.
The Wikipedia page for the Calder Valley line refers to a BR document of this name from their Corporate Plan for 1983-88. It seems to refer to the intention to de-quadrify some lines and single others where the timetable then in place wouldn't be affected (much less contentious than closing lines).The British Railways Board's Corporate Plan for 1983–1988 marked the routes between Milner Royd Junction (east of Sowerby Bridge) and Bowling Junction (south of Bradford Interchange); and Milner Royd Junction and Heaton Lodge Junction (west of Mirfield) to be 'singled' on a list "The Proposed Elimination of Non-Essential Multiple Tracks".[1]
Reference:
1 - Rail Enthusiast, November 1983. pp 6–13
Obviously some lines were singled during this time as they had been since the 1960s as an economy measure - Dorchester-Moreton, Probus - Burngullow in Cornwall, Farnham-Alton, much of the Uckfield line, part of the Bolton-Blackburn line - and Filton Bank was de-quadrified. I can't find any other reference to it though. Given Wikipedia is only as reliable as its users, does anyone know for definite if this document exists, and if so which lines were listed?
It would be interesting to see which lines were slated for 'modification' but avoided a fate which would be cumbersome and costly to reverse. Other than the Calder Valley, I seem to recall reading there was a plan to single much of the Marches line, but obviously that never happened. I suspect though that parts of pretty much any line other than the WCML, ECML, GWML, GEML and Greater London commuter belt lines could have been listed.
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