HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc643-4W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many rail passengers originating from Canvey Island on average each day use the London, Tilbury and Southend rail line; [157171]

(2) how many passengers on average each day used (a) Benfleet Station and (b) Shoeburyness Station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Line in the last year for which figures are available. [157172]

Mr. McNulty

According to the London Area Travel Survey conducted by the Strategic Rail Authority, on a typical weekday in 2001, 4428 passengers boarded trains at Benfleet between 0600 and 1900. Of these, 1895 gave their origin address as Canvey Island. 476 passengers boarded trains at Shoeburyness. Another London area survey is planned for 2006.