Mr. BECKERasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if his attention has been drawn to the bad 301W service of District Railway trains running to Richmond; and if he will make representations to the Southern Railway Company to relax their regulations whereby only four District Railway trains are allowed to run over their section per hour, whereas six District Railway trains per hour are allowed to run over the Southern Railway section of the Wimbledon line?
§ Colonel ASHLEYMy attention had not previously been called to this matter, and I think the hon. Member must have been to some extent misinformed, as the railway companies assure me that during the busy hours of the day, in the mornings and evenings, more than four trains an hour are already being run on the Richmond service. I may add that I am also informed that the services are being reviewed with the object of seeing whether it would be practicable to run additional trains during the busy period in the evenings.