HC Deb 21 January 1948 vol 446 c42W
Sir W. Darling

asked the Minister of Transport on what grounds the decision has been made to transfer the administrative headquarters of the Railway Regional Control Office for Scotland from the capital to Glasgow

Mr. Barnes

Before 1st January, 1948, the area operational headquarters of the L.N.E.R. were in Edinburgh, but the L.M.S. Scottish administrative headquarters and the office of the L.N.E.R. Goods Manager for Scotland were in Glasgow. As a result, 1,904 of the headquarters' staff of the two companies were stationed in the Glasgow area and 605 in Edinburgh. I am informed by the British Transport Commission that the selection of Glasgow as the administrative headquarters of the Scottish Region, which conforms to existing arrangements, will also, in their view, be to the convenience of industry and commerce. It is the intention that certain departmental work shall remain in Edinburgh.