Win Railways After Beeching book.

Clues Across

1 and 7 Across Railway station on the Manchester-Southport line (6, 6) 7 See 1 Across 8 ‘Heroic’ Pullman car ordered in 1938 but not delivered until 1951 (7)

10 Region of Italy where the city of Pistoia is the location of a Hitachi train-building facility (7)

11 _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ Tramway - a branch of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (3,4)

13 Master of Education boards InterCity train to meet physician (5)

15 Poet whose 150th anniversary was celebrated by Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Area Rapid Transit in 2015 (5) 17 He might work for the NAO (7) 19 Concerned with Scottish island, having left work (7)

21 and 12 Down Periodical of the RCTS (7, 8)

22 BR has four of them in suits to provide support! (6)

23 See 1 Down

Clues Down

1 and 23 Across Hesitate in 1 and 7, and you might end up at Bradford station instead (8, 6) 2 Colour of roundel for the Elizabeth Line (6) 3 First lady turns right into the rear of a South Western Main Line station - at any time (4)

4 Initially, diesel electric multiple units are reversed by confused rep who took it for granted (8)

5 4-4-0 tender engine - a friend of Thomas (6)

6 Extremely well-hidden to the rear of a Heart of Wales Line station (4)

9 US rail slang for brakeman failing to attend to his duties, but for whom things are looking up! (9) 12 See 21 Across 14 Station on the ScotRail network (8) 16 Passenger railroad company operating in the US and Canada (6) 18 Dissolved what ed might do (6) 19 BR switches at Manchester Metrolink terminus, and you get something very precious (4)

20 RAIL returns to expose perpetrator of fake news! (4)