§ Mr. Bradleyasked the Minister of Transport whether the estimated saving of £17 million per annum from the withdrawal of railway branch line services since the publication of the Beeching Report takes into account the loss of traffic to trunk routes as a result of the closure of feeder services; and what is the amount of revenue lost for this reason per annum.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe figure of £17 million per annum, which relates to the withdrawal of all railway passenger services, does take into account the loss of traffic to trunk routes. To ascertain the total annual revenue lost by analysing the records of several hundred closure cases would involve a disproportionate amount of time.