§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport if she will give the total route mileage of British Railways, showing separately the total passenger route mileage and the total freight route mileage on 1st January each year from 1949.
§ Mr. John MorrisFollowing are the figures as at 31st December each year. The separate figures requested are available only from 1954:
Year (31st Dec.) Passenger Route Mileage Freight Only Route Mileage Total Route Mileage 1948 … N.A. N.A. 19,631 1949 … N.A. N.A. 19,598 1950 … N.A. N.A. 19,573 1951 … N.A. N.A. 19,471 1952 … N.A. N.A. 19,276 1953 … N.A. N.A. 19,222 1954 … 15,099 4,051 19,150 1955 … 14,801 4,260 19,061 1956 … 14,672 4,353 19,025 1957 … 14,622 4,343 18,965 1958 … 14,454 4,394 18,848 1959 … 14,063 4,502 18,565 1960 … 13,865 4,504 18,369 1961 … 13,697 4,517 18,214 1962 … 12,915 4,556 17,471 1963 … 12,631 4,351 16,982 1964 … 11,670 4,321 15,991 1965 … 10,884 4,036 14,920 1966* … 10,165 3,556 13,721 N.A.—not available. * Provisional.