HC Deb 18 March 1969 vol 780 cc85-6W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Minister of Transport what is the maximum number of route miles he estimates British Railways will use in the future.

Mr. Carmichael

As far as I can foresee, the total route mileage is unlikely to vary much from that envisaged when the Network for Development Map was published two years ago. This map illustrated a network consisting of some 11,000 route miles, of which about 8,000 miles would carry passenger services.

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