§ Mr. P. Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Transport (1) what was the total passenger mileage of journeys made by passengers on British Railways in 1962; 24W (2) how many passenger journeys were made on British Railways in 1962.
§ Mr. MarplesThis information will be published later in the year in the annual report for the British Transport Commission for 1962. But since the House is to debate next week the recent Report by the British Railways Board on the Reshaping of British Railways, I have asked the Board to provide the figures now. The total passenger miles on British Railways in 1962 were 19,772 million, and the total passenger journeys amounted to 997,718,000.