sentences:  Following publication of the "Reshaping of British Railways" report by Richard Beeching in March 1963, British Railways announced formal proposals to close the line in early summer 1963, claiming it was losing £100 a mile per week.Salisbury MP John Morrison supported the proposal and Salisbury City Council initially decided not to object to the ending of passenger services; however there was much opposition to the closure.Those objecting included Poole Borough Council, Wimborne & Cranborne Rural District Council, several Parish Councils, the Viscount Cranborne Estates and the National Union of Agricultural & Allied Workers.