§ 91. Mr. Francis Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Transport if, in the public interest, she will give the Railways Board a general direction to speed up the withdrawal and replacement of freight wagons which are obsolete or hunt at speeds over 40 miles per hour or are dangerous when
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BRITISH RAILWAYS WORKSHOPS Location Function Staff at 1st March, 1966 Wages Salaried Total Ashford … … New building and repairs of wagons 1,201 175 1,376 Barassie … … Repairs of wagons 574 91 665 Crewe … … New building and repairs of locomotives 5,305 769 6,074 Derby (Locomotive Works) … … New building and repairs of locomotives 2,963 502 3,465 Derby (Carriage and Wagon Works) … … New building and repairs of carriages; repair of wagons 3,731 504 4,235 Doncaster … … Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 3,227 494 3,721 Eastleigh … … Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 2,707 333 3,040 Glasgow … … Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 2,577 444 3,021 Horwich … … Repairs of carriage and wagons; manufacture and repair of wagon sheets 2,241 346 2,587 Inverurie … … Repairs of locomotives, carriages and wagons 549 97 646 Shildon … … New building and repair of wagons 2,630 301 2,931 Swindon … … Repairs of locomotives, carriages and wagons 4,669 877 5,546 Temple Mills … … Repairs of wagons 466 79 545 Townhill (Dunfermline) Repairs of wagons 146 14 160 Wolverton … … Repairs of carriages 2,381 353 2,734 York … … New building and repair of carriages 2,138 271 2,409 Darlington* … … Repair of locomotives 330 81 411 Worcester … … Manufacture and repair of wagon sheets 43 11 54 Newcastle … … Manufacture and repair of wagon sheets 52 7 59 * Due to be closed on 2nd April, 1966. drawn by diesel locomotives because of the speed at which these locomotives accelerate and brake, and to reconsider the installation of guard-to-driver communication until such time as all freight trains are fully fitted with vacuum brakes and it has become the practice for guards to travel in locomotives with the driver.
§ Mr. John MorrisNo. The matters mentioned in the Question are the responsibility of the British Railways Board. My right hon. Friend has full confidence in the way the Board is handling the situation.