§ VISCOUNT ADDISONMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
§ [The Question was as follows:
§ To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional bus services are to be provided before their agreement to the closing of the railway line connecting Edinburgh, Galashiels and Carlisle to passenger traffic, is implemented.]
§ THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (LORD SHEPHERD)My Lords, these services are listed in Part 2 of the Annex to the letter to the Chief Secretary of the British Railways Board conveying my right honourable friend's consent to the with-drawal of rail passenger services from the Edinburgh-Hawick-Carlisle line. As the list is a rather long one, I will, with permission, arrange for it to be circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ VISCOUNT ADDISONMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord very much for that reply and I have no supplementaries to ask.
§ Following is the list of services referred to in Lord Shepherd's Answer:
§ Additional and revised services
- (i) The existing bus services between Edinburgh, Hawick and Carlisle to be augmented to provide the following additional journeys:—
- (a) Edinburgh—Hawick via Selkirk
- Winter
- Edinburgh—Hawick: 11 additional journeys each day on Mondays to Saturdays, 8 additional journeys on Sundays.
- Hawick—Edinburgh: 9 additional journeys each day on Mondays to Saturdays, 7 additional journeys on Sundays.
- Summer
- Edinburgh—Hawick: 10 additional journeys each day on Mondays to Fridays, 11 on Saturdays, 8 on Sundays.
- Hawick—Edinburgh: 8 additional journeys each day on Mondays to Saturdays, 6 on Sundays.
- (b) Edinburgh—Carlisle (via Selkirk and Hawick)
- 3 additional journeys each way on Mondays to Saturdays;
- 2 additional journeys each way on Sundays.
- (ii)Newton—Galashiels via Melrose
- Monday to Saturday
- ex Newton 06.45.
- ex Galashiels 19.30.
- These journeys to provide connections at Galashiels with buses to or from Edinburgh.
- (iii) Melrose—Hawick via Newton
- ex Melrose 07.45.
- ex Hawick 17.30.
- (iv) Newcastleton—Carlisle via Longtown
- Monday to Friday
- ex Newcastleton 07.15, 18.45 (to Longtown only).
- ex Carlisle 06.10, 17.40.
- Wednesday only
- ex Newcastleton 09.55.
- ex Longtown 09.07.
- (v) Newcastleton—Hawick
- 2 journeys each way on Saturdays and Public Holidays.