HC Deb 16 November 1938 vol 341 cc892-3W
Brigadier-General Brown

asked the Minister of Transport how many fatal accidents have occurred to people from contact with the live rail on the Southern Railway since December, 1937; and how many miles of their new protective fencing has been completed since the same date?

Mr. Burgin

Five members of the public, all trespassers, have been killed in this way since the end of December, 1937. Forty-two miles of the new protective fencing have been erected since that date.