§ Mr. Goldieasked the Minister of Transport whether, with a view to relieving the existing congestion on the passenger-train service between Euston and Manchester, he will make representations to the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company with a view to the acceleration of at least one train daily on the alternative route to and from St. Pancras?
§ Sir J. ReithI am advised that, whenever there is reason to expect exceptional traffic between Euston and Manchester the scheduled trains are strengthened or duplicated, and that congestion is not frequent. The service between St. Pancras and Manchester is designed not as an alternative to the Euston-Manchester service, but to serve important towns on the route. It could be accelerated only by cancelling the stops at 697W some of these towns and thereby reducing existing facilities, a course which would cause more inconvenience than it would remedy.