§ MR. CARR-GOMM (Southwark, Rotherhithe)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of the discontinuance of the direct train service from the City to New Cross, via Rotherhithe and Deptford Road, and the consequent inconvenience to a crowded part of London which is lacking in any other means of communication, he will make representations with a view to having this service restored.
§ MR. WEDGWOOD BENN (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the discontinuance of the direct service of trains from the City to Shadwell and Wapping; and whether, in view of the fact that the railway is, during the winter, the only means of communication with Wapping, he will make representations with a view to having the service re-started.
§ (Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) I have communicated with the Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railway Companies n this matter, and am informed that the withdrawal of their steam trains upon the adoption of electric traction on their lines has necessitated the discontinuance of the through service referred to, as the joint committee of the six companies to whom the East London Railway is leased have not as yet seen their way to equip that line for electrical working. It is added, however, that arrangements have been made for a convenient interchange of traffic at the White chapel Station.