§ 72. Sir W. Wakefieldasked the Minister of Transport when train crews and control points on the railway system are going to be equipped with short wave wireless sets for inter-communication for the greater safety of the public, the speeding up of operation, and the replacement of the present obsolete means of drawing attention to the fact that an accident has taken place.
§ Mr. BarnesThe use of short wave wireless for operational purposes is a matter for the British Transport Commission. I am advised that its extensive provision in trains and signal boxes would be extremely costly, of little, if any, value as a safety measure, and would not be justified for the purpose of reporting accidents.