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Mr. Peyton
I regret that all of the information is not readily available in the form requested. The following information gives a general picture of the undertakings which have been given:
| THE FOLLOWING SERVICES WERE GIVEN UNDERTAKINGS IN 1968 |
| 1. For three years expiring on 31st December, 1971 |
|
Amount of Grant in 1969 |
|
£'000 |
| Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Hull—Doncaster |
169 |
| Sheffield—Doncaster |
137 |
| Sheffield—Retford |
108 |
| Retford—Lincoln |
77 |
| Sheffield—Chesterfield (local service) |
10 |
| Ipswich—Colchester (local service) |
18 |
| Manningtree—Harwich |
80 |
| Scottish Region of British Railways |
| Glasgow—Perth—Inverness |
294 |
| Glasgow—Dundee |
249 |
| Aberdeen—Inverness |
290 |
| Western Region of British Railways |
| Exeter—Exmouth |
85 |
| 2. For two years expiring on 31st December, 1970 |
|
Amount of Grant in 1969 |
|
£'000 |
| Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Norwich—Yarmouth (via Acle and Reedham) |
56 |
| Norwich—Lowestoft |
148 |
| Cambridge—Norwich |
200 |
| Ipswich—Cambridge |
188 |
| Witham—Braintree |
52 |
| Newcastle—Sunderland—Middlesbrough |
343 |
| Newcastle—South Shields |
203 |
| North Tyneside services (incl. Riverside Loop) |
698 |
| Newcastle—Hexham—Carlisle |
267 |
| Leeds—Bradford |
169 |
| Leeds—Goole |
98 |
| Lincoln—Nottingham |
188 |
| Grantham—Nottingham |
94 |
| Cambridge—Peterborough |
143 |
| Cambridge—King's Lynn |
200 |
| Leeds—York |
136 |
| Bradford—Manchester |
319 |
| Leeds—Doncaster |
56 |
| Sheffield—York (local service) |
83 |
| Barking—Kentish Town |
255 |
148W
|
Amount of Grant in 1969 |
|
£'000 |
| London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Watford Junction—St. Albans |
40 |
| Marylebone—Harrow—Aylesbury |
272 |
| Rugby—Coventry—Birmingham |
251 |
| Birmingham—Redditch |
61 |
| Birmingham-Walsall (via Soho) |
94 |
| Birmingham-Walsall (via Aston) |
179 |
| Birmingham-Wolverhampton (HL) |
137 |
| Birmingham-Stafford |
78 |
| Birmingham-Leicester-Nottingham |
170 |
| Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth |
359 |
| Llandudno Junction-Blaenau Ffestiniog |
72 |
| Rock Ferry-Helsby-Chester |
242 |
| Runcorn-Helsby-Chester |
47 |
| Liverpool-Crewe |
207 |
| Liverpool Central (LL)-Rock Ferry |
139 |
| Liverpool Central (LL)-West Kirby |
165 |
| Liverpool Central (LL)-New Brighton |
122 |
| Liverpool (Exchange)-Southport |
381 |
| Liverpool (Lime St.)-Southport |
70 |
| Liverpool (Lime St.)-Warrington-Manchester |
490 |
| Manchester - Patricroft - Liverpool |
113 |
| Manchester-Northwich-Chester |
284 |
| Manchester-Altrincham |
338 |
| Manchester-Stoke-Stafford |
573 |
| Manchester-Stockport-Crewe |
419 |
| Manchester-Styal-Crewe |
299 |
| Stockport-Stalybridge |
100 |
| Manchester-Buxton |
384 |
| Manchester-Bury |
373 |
| Barrow-Whitehaven |
198 |
| Whitehaven-Carlisle |
259 |
| Scottish Region of British Railways |
| Glasgow North Suburban Electric service |
1,445 |
| Glasgow South Suburban Electric service |
1,051 |
| Springburn-Cumbernauld |
143 |
| Glasgow-Lanark |
289 |
| Glasgow-Hamilton |
348 |
| Glasgow-Barrhead |
81 |
| Glasgow-Paisley-Kilmacolm |
271 |
| Glasgow-East Kilbride |
172 |
| Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Shotts) |
269 |
| Dalry/Kilwinning-Largs |
282 |
| Ayr-Stranraer |
216 |
| Glasgow-Gourock-Wemyss Bay |
798 |
| Carlisle - Dumfries - Glasgow (local service) |
26 |
| Southern Region of British Railways |
| Brighton-Ore and branches |
574 |
| Brighton-Portsmouth |
949 |
149W
|
Amount of Grant in 1969 |
|
£'000 |
| Western Region of British Railways |
| Paddington-Slouth |
221 |
| Slough-Windsor |
77 |
| Maidenhead-Bourne End-Marlow |
89 |
| Twyford-Henley |
103 |
| Paddington-Reading-Oxford |
400 |
| Maiden Newton-Bridport |
33 |
| Plymouth-Gunnislake |
103 |
| Plymouth-Saltash-Liskeard |
84 |
| Cardiff-Rhymney |
260 |
| Cardiff-Penarth |
63 |
| Cardiff-Coryton |
48 |
| Barry Island-Cardiff-Treherbert/Merthyr |
687 |
| THE FOLLOWING SERVICES HAD THEIR UNDERTAKINGS RENEWED OR WERE GIVEN NEW UNDERTAKINGS IN 1969 |
| 1. For 3 years expiring on 31st December, 1972 |
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£'000 |
| Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Darlington / Northallerton—Hartlepool |
49 |
| Darlington—Saltburn |
301 |
| Darlington—Bishop Auckland |
127 |
| Middlesbrough—Whitby |
194 |
| Hull — Bridlington — Scarborough |
380 |
| York—Scarborough |
270 |
| York—Harrogate |
165 |
| York—Newcastle (local service) |
230 |
| Leeds—Harrogate |
208 |
| Leeds—Huddersfield |
87 |
| Leeds — Huddersfield — Manchester—Liverpool |
204 |
| Leeds—Hull |
316 |
| Leeds—Skipton—Morecambe |
213 |
| Doncaster—Cleethorpes |
191 |
| Cleethorpes/Grimsby—Newark |
111 |
| Retford—Cleethorpes |
65 |
| Ipswich—Lowestoft |
200 |
| East Anglia—Midlands/North of England |
396 |
| Norwich—Sheringham |
133 |
| London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Manchester—Stalybridge—Huddersfield (local service) |
91 |
| Manchester—Wigan—Southport |
683 |
| Derby—Nottingham |
133 |
| Derby—Matlock |
78 |
| Crewe—Derby |
332 |
| Leicester—Peterborough |
94 |
| Leeds—Carlisle—Glasgow |
122 |
| Liverpool (Exchange)—Wigan—Bolton |
283 |
| Euston—Northampton—Birmingham |
284 |
| Wolverhampton—Chester |
520 |
| Rugby—Nuneaton—Stafford (local service) |
126 |
150W
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£'000 |
| Scottish Region of British Railways |
| Inverness—Wick/Thurso |
584 |
| Glasgow—Kirkcaldy |
15 |
| Glasgow—Ayr |
364 |
| Edinburgh—Glasgow via Falkirk (Grahamston) |
44 |
| Southern Region of British Railways |
| Reading—Basingstoke—Salisbury |
112 |
| Reading—Redhill—Tonbridge |
459 |
| Bournemouth—Weymouth |
510 |
| Western Region of British Railways |
| Bristol—Salisbury |
110 |
| Bristol—Weymouth |
294 |
| Bristol—Weston-super-Mare (local service) |
204 |
| Hereford—Worcester |
253 |
| Cardiff—Newport—Bristol |
246 |
| Oxford—Leamington |
86 |
| Salisbury—Exeter |
409 |
| Worcester—Birmingham |
9 |
| 2. For two years expiring on 31st December, 1971 |
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£'000 |
| Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Newcastle—Alnmouth—Berwick—Edinburgh (local service) |
259 |
| York—Shrewsbury |
26 |
| Huddersfield—Wakefield |
47 |
| Bradford—Blackpool |
78 |
| Huddersfield—Clayton West/Penistone |
130 |
| Penistone—Sheffield |
44 |
| Cleethorpes—New Holland Pier/Barton-on-Humber |
135 |
| Lincoln/Grantham—Boston |
183 |
| King's Cross—Peterborough—Grantham/Stamford (local service) |
210 |
| Ipswich—Felixstowe |
90 |
| Haltwhistle—Alston |
43 |
| London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Bletchley—Bedford |
129 |
| Manchester—Glossop/Hadfield |
284 |
| Manchester—Romiley—New Mills/Rose Hill |
354 |
| Manchester—Chinley—Sheffield |
41 |
| Derby—Manchester |
225 |
| Watford—Croxley Green |
38 |
| Keswick—Carlisle |
95 |
| Bury—Rawtenstall |
104 |
| New Mills—Sheffield (local service) |
69 |
| Machynlleth—Pwellheli |
241 |
| Manchester—Oldham—Rochdale |
469 |
| Birmingham (Snow Hill)—Wolverhampton (Low Level) |
117 |
| Birmingham (Snow Hill)—Langley Green |
46 |
151W
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£'000 |
| Scottish Region of British Railways |
| Glasgow—Oban |
291 |
| Glasgow—Fort William |
209 |
| Fort William—Mallaig |
173 |
| Edinburgh — Dundee (via Dunfermline) |
283 |
| Edinburgh — Dundee (via Kirkcaldy) |
319 |
| Montrose — Dundee — Perth (local service) |
131 |
| Edinburgh—Stirling—Perth |
394 |
| Edinburgh—North Berwick |
51 |
| Glasgow—Stirling—Dunblane (local service) |
202 |
| Inverness—Kyle of Lochalsh |
179 |
| Southern Region of British Railways |
| Isle of Wight |
120 |
| Portsmouth — Southampton — Salisbury/Fareham — Eastleigh |
690 |
| Western Region of British Railways |
| Bodmin Road—Newquay |
107 |
| Bristol—Clifton Down—Severn Beach |
171 |
| †Cardiff—Crewe |
221 |
| Exeter—Barnstaple |
140 |
| Exeter — Paignton/Plymouth |
229 |
| Liskeard—Looe |
35 |
| Plymouth—Penzance |
199 |
| Oxford—Worcester |
63 |
| Swansea — Carmarthen — Milford Haven |
276 |
| Swansea—Llanelli — Shrewsbury |
370 |
| St. Erth—St. Ives |
37 |
| Truro—Falmouth |
78 |
| 3. For one year expiring on 31st December 1970 |
| Eastern Region of British Railways |
| York — Selby — Doncaster/Hull (local service) |
136 |
| Leeds—Barnsley—Sheffield |
245 |
| Leeds—Rotherham—Sheffield (local service) |
95 |
| Colchester — Clacton/Walton (local service) |
294 |
| King's Cross — Hertford/Hitchin |
843 |
| King's Cross—Welwyn Garden City |
610 |
| King's Cross—Royston |
179 |
| King's Cross—Cambridge |
131 |
| Liverpool Street—Gidea Park—Shenfield |
173 |
| Liverpool Street—Witham |
10 |
| Liverpool Street—Chingford |
167 |
| Liverpool Street — Enfield Town |
305 |
| Liberpool Street — Broxbourne/Hertford East |
455 |
| Liverpool Street — Bishops Stortford |
238 |
| Tottenham—North Woolwich |
144 |
| Upminster—Grays/Tilbury |
155 |
| Wickford—Southminster |
114 |
152W
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£,000 |
| London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Birmingham—Lichfield |
292 |
| Birmingham—Kidderminster—Worcester |
166 |
| Birmingham — Stourbridge — Kidderminster (including Stourbridge Town branch) |
156 |
| Birmingham — Lapworth — Stratford |
47 |
| Birmingham—Leamington Spa |
306 |
| Birmingham—Derby |
72 |
| Leamington—Stratford |
99 |
| Crewe—Chester |
44 |
| Chester — Llandudno — Holyhead |
511 |
| Liverpool (Exchange) — Ormskirk |
270 |
| Liverpool (Lime Street)—St. Helens—Wigan |
267 |
| Liverpool Central (High Level)—Gateacre (Liverpool Corporation are also contributing £53,000) |
53 |
| Lancaster—Morecambe |
58 |
| Manchester—Warrington—Chester |
183 |
| *Manchester (Victoria)—Colne |
479 |
| *Manchester—Preston—Blackpool (North and South) |
666 |
| *Blackpool—Colne |
402 |
| New Brighton—Wrexham |
265 |
| *Preston—Windermere |
154 |
| *Preston—Barrow |
245 |
| St. Pancras/Moorgate—Luton—Bedford |
470 |
| Euston—Tring—Bletchley |
176 |
| Euston/Broad Street—Watford |
497 |
| Marylebone—High Wycombe—Aylesbury |
442 |
| Broad Street—Richmond |
478 |
| Southern Region of British Railways |
| Southern Region Network |
10,036 |
| Western Region of British Railways |
| Bristol—Worcester |
39 |
| Ealing—Greenford |
50 |
| Paddington—Westbury |
165 |
| Cardiff—Gloucester |
107 |
| *These services were re-organised in May, 1970 when fresh undertakings for the new services were issued. |
| † The undertaking covers Crewe—Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury—Hereford and Hereford—Cardiff services until 3rd May, 1970. From then, a single service Cardiff—Newport—Hereford—Shrewsbury—Crewe was introduced. |
The following service was given an undertaking in December, 1969 for 6 months which was renewed from 1st July, 1970 for one year expiring on 30th June, 1971.
|
Amount of Grant in 1970 |
|
£ |
| Euston—Stranraer (Boattrains) |
165,000 |
153WThe following services were given undertakings during 1969 for the remainder of 1969 and for 1970:
|
£ |
| Ormskirk—Preston |
117,000 |
| Glasgow—Aberdeen |
91,00 |
The following service was given an undertaking during 1970 expiring on 31st December, 1972:
|
£ |
| Whitland—Pembroke Dock |
49,538 |