HC Deb 11 November 1941 vol 374 c2076W
Sir R. Young

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many trains from Paddington and from Waterloo Stations to Reading run per weekday; and how many of them carry first-class passengers and, if possible, the number of such passengers by each route?

Colonel Llewellin

From Paddington, 35 trains run per week-day to Reading. Of these, 22 which proceed to destinations beyond Reading carry first-class passengers. The average daily number of such passengers is 972. From Waterloo, 23 trains run to Reading daily; on all these there is first-class accommodation. On the 24th October when a count was taken 152 first-class passengers travelled to destinations on this route.