§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Minister of Transport whether he has further considered the poor service of late trains between Glasgow and Edinburgh, there being no train leaving Glasgow for Edinburgh from Monday to Friday after 9.50 p.m., and also the representations that complaints have been made to both railway companies who have not replied to the complainers; and whether he has any further statement to make on the matter?
§ Mr. BurginWe have communicated again with the railway companies, who assure us that the potential traffic would not justify a service later than the train which now leaves Glasgow for Edinburgh at 10 p.m., on Mondays to Fridays. They ran a train from Queen Street to Edinburgh at 10.40 p.m. on these days from May, 1927, to September, 1930, but had to withdraw it owing to lack of patronage. The companies cannot trace receipt during the last year of any written representation as to the need of a later service.