§ Mr. Shoreasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish figures comparable over time for British Railways freight train operations for the years 1952 to
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 Freight: Receipts (£ million) Total 250.5 263.1 272.8 274.2 284.1 288.5 259.1 Coal and Coke 101.7 109.0 116.0 119.2 126.4 128.0 122.2 Iron and Steel 148.9 154.1 156.9 155.1 157.6 160.5 136.9 Other Net ton miles*(thousand million) Total 22.4 22.8 22.1 21.4 21.5 20.9 18.4 Coal and Coke 10.4 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.2 9.9 8.9 Iron and Steel 12.0 12.1 11.6 11.2 11.2 11.0 9.5 Other Average receipt per net ton mile (pence) Coal and Coke 2.35 2.44 2.65 2.81 2.91 3.11 3.28 Iron and Steel 2.07 3.09 3.25 3.33 3.37 3.50 3.46 Other Average length of haul (miles) Coal and coke 56.3 56.9 56.3 57.1 56.8 55.3 54.6 Iron and Steel 105.4 105.7 105.5 103.4 103.2 102.3 105.9 Other
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Freight: Receipts (£ million) Total … 241.1 247.3 236.8 235.7 235.4 233.0 Coal and Coke … 108.9 108.6 104.8 103.2 107.9 102.5 Iron and Steel … 132.2 138.7 132.0 34.9 34.4 39.5 Other … 97.6 93.1 91.1 Net ton miles* (thousand million) Total … 17.7 18.7 17.6 16.1 15.4 16.0 Coal and Coke … 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.8 7.5 Iron and Steel … 9.7 10.5 9.8 8.8 2.6 3.2 Other … 5.0 5.3 Average receipt per net ton mile (pence) Coal and Coke … 3.27 3.22 3.25 3.39 3.32 3.29 Iron and Steel … 3.27 3.16 3.22 3.61 3.15 2.93 Other … 4.49 4.12 Average length of haul (miles) … 52.0 51.5 50.4 48.3 51.5 50.7 Iron and Steel … 108.3 105.0 106.4 97.3 66.6 70.3 Other … 112.8 114.6 Note: *Excludes freight by passenger trains. Until 1962 includes free-hauled traffic on revenue-earning trains, but not that on departmental trains. From 1963 onwards, excludes all free-hauled traffic, amounting to about 1,000 million ton miles in 1963.