HC Deb 28 June 1967 vol 749 cc95-6W
Sir J. Eden

asked the Minister of Transport what percentage of locomotives, diesel and steam, now in service are not vet equipped with an automatic warning system.

Mr. John Morris

As at 31st December, 1966, the latest date for which full figures are available, 367 or 21.7 per cent. of the 1,689 steam locomotives remaining in service on British Railways were not equipped with an automatic warning system. It is not, of course, intended to fit any more steam locomotives with this equipment since all will be withdrawn from traffic in the near future.

At the same date 399 or 13.4 per cent. of the 2,975 main line diesel locomotives in service were not equipped with an automatic warning system. These locomotives, in the main, work in areas where ground equipment for the automatic warning system has not been installed.