{"product_id":"branch-lines-of-the-chester-philip-m-lloyd-9781399043526","title":"Branch Lines of the Chester \u0026 Holyhead Railway","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the history and decline of branch railways in north Wales, focusing on their construction, operation, and eventual closures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book complements the author's previous book on the Chester and Holyhead Railway and completes the story of railways associated with the London and North Western Railway in north Wales. It does so by breaking down developments to three districts working from east to west across the region. The book examines the background to the construction of the branch lines in the context of relevant wider railway developments. It provides an account of the operation of each of the lines with reference to significant incidents on the railway and the relationship of the branch to the communities it served.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dominance of railways peaked around 1914 so the book analyses the process of decline from that status. That decline was relatively rapid and featured several rounds of closures of stations and branches, culminating in the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s that eventually left north Wales with fewer than fifty miles of branch railways - under 20% of the original total.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book has maps and tables that provide an overview of the detail contained in the text and the 150 photographs. The book concludes with an overview of the railway system in north Wales. It reflects on how reductions might have been made without depriving so much of the region of a presence on the network, and how the railway policies adopted by private companies and the later nationalized industry paid too little attention to the relationship between the region and its trains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip M. Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399043528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399043526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword Transport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Philip M. Lloyd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618106036479,"sku":"9781399043526","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a63af8-64db-45cd-adca-ee67a49d63cf.jpg?v=1740069182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/branch-lines-of-the-chester-philip-m-lloyd-9781399043526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}