§ Mr. Hornbyasked the Minister of Transport on what estimated increase in number of commuters in the next ten years have proposals of future capital expenditure on the Southern Region of British Railways been put to him; and what increase in capital expenditure he expects this to entail.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe Railways Board have not yet put to me the proposals being prepared by Southern Region for major investment over the next ten years on their commuter services. For works already sanctioned and in progress, the estimates of passenger traffic increases were based on prospects of growth for the individual services concerned, rather than for the Region as a whole.