Lord Marsh, the former Chairman of the British Railways Board, has died.
This from the Daily Telegraph's fulsome obituary:
Marsh streamlined BR’s management, prioritised the diesel-powered High Speed Train and launched “parkway” stations on the edges of cities.
When ministers, alarmed at rising losses, contemplated further shrinkage, Marsh showed the Transport Minister John Peyton a map of lines that would disappear in Conservative constituencies. Peyton agreed to double investment in BR, maintaining the existing network.
If only Lord Marsh had been at hand when Paper-knife opened that infamous envelope...
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