HC Deb 15 April 1946 vol 421 c372W
Mr. E. P. Smith

asked the Minister of Transport the reason for the unpunctuality of trains running on the North Kent line of the Southern Railway, between Maidstone and London.

Mr. Barnes:

The average late arrivals on week days on this route during the two weeks ended 30th March were 3.1 minutes for down trains and 3.5 minutes for up trains. These delays were mainly due to the operation of four speed restrictions in the down direction and three in the up direction, two of them being due to war damage.