Captain Balfourasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the inadequate accommodation on the Underground system during rush hours, he will ask the London Passenger Transport Board to instruct ticket inspectors not to claim excess first-class fares from third-class ticket holders who have been forced to enter first-class carriages or lose their trains?
§ Mr. BurginI am informed by the London Passenger Transport Board that their ticket inspectors do not claim excess first-class fares from third-class ticket holders in the crowded east-end sections of the line between Bow Road and Mansion House during the morning and evening rush hours. The Board do not consider that the loading of trains on the western sections of the line are such as to justify third-class passengers travelling in first-class compartments, but if the trains are especially crowded during the rush hours excess fares are not demanded from third-class passengers standing in first-class compartments.
— Mileage. Estimated cost. (1) Schemes in progress (and probable dates of completion). £ Old Cock Inn-Auto's Cafe, Warwickshire. Widening (31st April, 1939). 2.9 71,700 Pickford Green Lane. Junction. Warwickshire. (31st July, 1937) .1 328 Park Street Bridge, St. Albans. Widening and re-decking (30th September, 1937). .1 1,563 (2) Schemes approved not yet commenced. Edgware Road, widening Montrose Avenue, Hendon to Stanmore 2.12 25,000 Road A.41 (probable date of commencement 1st December,1937). (3) Schemes for which survey has been made, not yet approved. Roundabout at Meriden (junction with B.4102) — 1,500 Markyate By-pass 1.00 72,000 Loughton-Stony Stratford (Reconstruction with dual carriageways) 3.00 150,000 Loughton By-pass .76 70,000