Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport if he will give the estimated ton-mileage of freight worked by the railways and on the road for the year 1961; and if he will state the last year for which the ton-mileages so worked by rail and road were approximately equal.
§ Mr. MarplesIn 1961 British Railways' freight train traffic amounted to 17,600 million ton miles and it is estimated than the ton-mileage worked by road about 50 per cent. more than by rail In 1957 the ton-mileages carried by road and by rail were roughly equal.