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A lot of the branches that were kept had some people moaning about how
they were rationalized to keep costs to a minimum ,bus shelter style
buildings ,no staff at many stations with tickets sold on the train
etc.

Weren't there branches that went straight from significant staffing
(maybe not the the extent of coal fires in waiting rooms) to closure,
without unstaffed stations and tickets sold on trains? I remember
reading that this is one of the gripes of the Beeching cuts, that
reducing costs was not even attempted on some lines.

Having said that, BR suffered a lot from unions imposing minimum
staffing levels and hence cutting their noses off to spite their faces:
reduced staffing levels (if unions had accepted this) *may* (or may
not!) have saved some lines.

Quite so. People should be delighted to give up their jobs for the sake of
the community. Or go on to zero hours contracts etc. You just know it
makes sense.

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