§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade, Whether the attention of the Board of Trade has been drawn to the absence of subways or bridges at Todmorden Station, the principal junction of the East Lancashire section with the main line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; whether the Board of Trade have, at any time, made any recommendations to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to remove this serious source of danger to the multitude of passengers who are now compelled to cross the lines on the level; and, if so, what replies have been made by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to any such recommendations; and, whether it is in the power of the Board of Trade to take any steps to induce the Railway Company to provide subways or bridges at Todmorden. Station for the safety of the public?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth)The attention of the Board of Trade has been very recently drawn to the absence of subways or bridges at the Todmorden Station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway by the Todmorden Local Board, who inquired whether it was intended to deal with questions of this nature by the Railway Bill now in the House of Lords. The Board of Trade possess no power to require the Company to provide subways or bridges at Todmorden Station. But they are informed by the Company that they have in contemplation a general scheme of improvements at the station.