HC Deb 14 March 1967 vol 743 c77W
Mr. Awdry

asked the Minister of Transport if she will list the railway workshops, showing the function of each and the total numbers employed in each on 1st March, 1967.

BRITISH RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Staff at 1st March, 1967 Staff at 1st Junuary 1964
Location Function Wages Salaried Total Total*
Ashford New building and repair of wagons 1,147 189 1,336 1,397
Barassie Repair of wagons 545 92 637 599
Crewe New building and repair of locomotives 4,844 819 5,663 6,583
Derby(Locomotive Works) New building and repair of locomotives 2,832 556 3,388 3,711
Derby (Carriage and Wagon Works) New building and repair of carriages; repair of wagons; construction of containers. 3,590 540 4,130 4,113
Doncaster Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 3,173 508 3,681 5,856
Eastleigh Repair of locomotives, carriages, wagons and containers. 2,504 345 2,849 3,199
Glasgow Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons; manufacture and repair of containers and wagon sheets. 2,149 416 2,565 3,542
Horwich Repair of carriages and wagons; manufacture and repair of containers and wagon sheets. 2,267 333 2,600 2,738
Inverurie Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 508 99 607 584
Shildon New building and repair of wagons 2,565 312 2,877 2,404
Swindon Repair of locomotives, carriages and wagons 4,370 872 5,242 5,991
Temple Mills Repair of wagons 427 79 506 504†
Townhill (Dunfermline). Repair of wagons 143 14 157 101
Wolverton Repair of carriages 2,274 368 2,642 2,935
York New building and repair of carriages 2,196 302 2,498 2,065
Worcester and Newcastle. Manufacture and repair of wagon sheets 127 21 148 225
41,526 46,547‡
* The figures in this column include certain salaried and administrative staff, but exclude accounts and supplies staff.
† Includes figures for Stratford works which are now closed.
‡ There were in addition 4,860 staff employed in works which have now closed, making a total of 51,407 workshops staff at 1st January 1964.

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