§ MR. CHARLES SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will cause inquiries to be made as to the train arrangements in force at the stations (contiguous to one another) of the Great Western and London and South Western Railway Companies at the city of Salisbury, by which delays are caused to passengers, trains being fixed just to miss one another for obvious reasons.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The Board of Trade have communicated with both the Railway Companies concerned, and have received a reply from each of them to the effect that the trains upon their respective lines are arranged to connect at Salisbury so far as circumstances admit, having regard to connections at other important junctions. The Companies add that they have done a great deal with the object of facilitating the interchange of traffic via Salisbury, and that there are eight trains running through from one system to the other daily, giving services without the inconvenience of change of carriage or station.