Lemon Jelly's track "'76 aka The Slow Train", combined with a cover of the Albert Hammond song "I'm a Train" also performed by the King's Singers. A live version by Stackridge was included in its 2009 DVD 4x4. Michael Williams' book On the Slow Train takes its name from the song. It celebrates twelve of the most beautiful and historic journeys in Britain that were saved from the Beeching cuts, including famous routes such as the Settle–Carlisle line and less well-known pleasures, such as the four-hour Preston–Carlisle route along the remote Cumbrian coastline. English folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner included a version of the song on his 2011 compilation album The Second Three Years. List of stations referred to in the lyrics Where appropriate, the correct name of the station is shown in brackets. Ten of the 31 stations were open in 2012, with five others on lines still open. Trouble House Halt opened in 1959, shortly before Beeching became BR chairman. Re-opening of the line through Cheslyn Hay in 1989 included a new Landywood station, half a mile to the south. Kirby Muxloe is regularly proposed for re-opening with the freight-only Ivanhoe line remaining between Leicester and Burton; however, a scheme re-appraisal by Scott Wilson in 2009 suggested there was little likelihood of the line reopening to passengers. Littleton and Badsey, Chittening Platform and Armley Moor are on lines still open. Chittening and Armley are in the Bristol and Leeds urban areas, and are proposed for re-opening. See also Abandoned railway station List of closed railway stations in Britain Notes References Bibliography External links Lyrics of "Slow Train" Flanders and Swann website Disused railway stations Flanders and Swann songs Slow Train Slow Train List songs 1963 songs Songs about trains Songs about nostalgia