Opinion: Restoring railways needs a lighter, quicker touch

'Reversing Beeching’ was precisely the sort of gimmicky performative government style that helped discredit the Conservative brand.

Restoring Your Railway was a scheme to hit the headlines for a day, and then deliver precious little.

Yes, some £500 million was supposedly earmarked for the idea. But little of that was ever delivered, and what was spent ended up in the pockets of consultants.