HC Deb 20 June 1934 vol 291 c368
20. Mr. THORNE

asked the Minister of Transport if he will make inquiries from the London Passenger Transport Board as to the reason why return tickets were not issued on Sunday between Collier's Wood and London Bridge stations; and if he will ascertain whether this practice operates on any other tube railway?

Mr. STANLEY

I presume that the hon. Member refers to cheap day return tickets which are issued with the object of encouraging travel from suburban areas to the central areas. I am informed by the London Passenger Transport Board that it has been the practice on the tube railways to issue these tickets on weekdays only as it is not considered likely that they would attract sufficient additional traffic on Sundays to justify the concession.

Mr. THORNE

Does the hon. Member not think that it is a great hardship upon a very large number of working people that on the only day when they are able to travel they are not able to have cheap tickets?

Mr. STANLEY

The hon. Member will realise that I have nothing to do with the fares charged.

Mr. THORNE

Will the hon. Gentleman make representations to the Transport Board with a view to trying to get cheap tickets?

Mr. STANLEY

I will certainly convey the point of the hon. Member's supplementary question.