HC Deb 05 February 1974 vol 868 cc306-14W
Mr. Hunt

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the support he intends to provide for unremunerative railway passenger services in 1974 and about the future of those services which are under threat of closure.

Mr. Peyton

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL, REPORT 28th January 1974; Vol. 868, c. 38–9], gave the following information:

The list of services is as follows:

NETWORK NUMBER 2—NORTH EAST
Group Number Group Name and Services Comprising Group Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000
203 Newcastle-Middlesbrough/Darlington/York 584
204 Newcastle West Line:—
Newcastle-Carlisle 675
Halt whistle-Alston
205 Darlington Area:—
Darlington-Bishop Auckland 986
Darlington-Saltburn
Middlesbrough-Whitby
206 Newcastle-Berwick-Edinburgh 365
207 York-Durham-Newcastle 310
NETWORK NUMBER 3—NORTH WEST
301 Manchester-Stockport-Crewe 332
302 Manchester-Stoke-Stafford 536
303 Manchester-Buxton 286
305 Manchester-Romiley-Rose Hill 25
306 Manchester-Huddersfield 39
310 Manchester-Blackburn 162
311 Manchester-Bolton-Wigan-Southport 475
312 Manchester-Blackpool 755
314 Manchester-Northwich-Chester 312
315 Manchester-Styal-Crewe 155
317 Birkenhead North/New Brighton-Wrexham 262
318 Rock Ferry-Helsby-Chester 274
319 Liverpool-Ormskirk 44
320 Liverpool-Southport EMU (electric multiple-unit) 243
321 Liverpool-Wigan-Bolton 234
323 Liverpool-Crewe 297
324 Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester 334
325 Liverpool-Patricroft-Manchester 180
326 Liverpool-St. Helens-Wigan 321
327 Preston and North West:—
Ormskirk-Preston 2,054
Preston-Colne
Preston-Barrow
Lancaster-Morecambe
Barrow-Whitehaven
Whitehaven-Carlisle
Preston-Windermere
328 Manchester-Warrington-Chester 337
329 Kirkham-BIackpool South 312
331 Liverpool-Wigan-Preston 10
332 Derby-Sheffield-Manchester 145
NETWORK NUMBER 4—YORKSHIRE
401 Sheffield and Humberside:—
Doncaster-Cleethorpes 1,451
Sheffield-Retford-Cleethorpes
Sheffield-Retford-Lincoln
Hull-Doncaster
Sheffield-New Mills
402 West Riding:—
Leeds-Bradford 710
Leeds-Huddersfield
Huddersfield-Wakefield
403 Leeds-North Eastern:—
Leeds-Harrogate-York 1,612
Leeds-York
Leeds-Hull
Leeds-Goole
404 Leeds-West Coast:—
Leeds-Morecambe 1,340
Leeds-Carlisle
Leeds-Liverpool
Group Number Group Name and Services Comprising Group Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000
405 South Yorkshire:—
Huddersfield-Clayton West/Sheffield 1,193
Leeds-Barnsley-Sheffield
Sheffield-York
Leeds-Doncaster
406 Sheffield-Doncaster 277
407 South Humberside:—
Cleethorpes-Newark 481
Cleethorpes-New Holland/Barton
408 Derby/Nottingham:—
Derby-Nottingham 1,148
Nottingham-Lincoln
Derby-Matlock
Derby-Crewe
409 Nottingham-Skegness:—
Grantham-Nottingham 945
Lincoln/Grantham-Boston/Skegness
410 East Yorkshire:—
York-Scarborough 1,619
Hull-Scarborough
York-Selby-Doncaster/Hull
411 York-Shrewsbury 20
413 Leeds/Bradford-Ilkley 283
414 Bradford-Blackpool 168
415 Bradford-Manchester 457
NETWORK NUMBER 5—MIDLANDS
503 Birmingham-Stafford 95
504 Birmingham-Kiddersminster Worcester 223
507 Birmingham-Lichfield 95
508 Birmingham-Henley-Stratford 178
509 Birmingham-Rugby 274
510 Birmingham-Leicester/Derby:—
Birmingham-Leicester 220
Birmingham-Derby
511 Birmingham-Lapworth-Stratford 49
512 Birmingham-Leamington 204
513 Rugby-Stafford 163
514 Leicester-Nottingham-Peterborough:—
Leicester-Nottingham 220
Leicester-Peterborough
515 Leamington-Stratford 131
516 North Wales:—
Wolverhampton-Chester 1,722
Chester-Holyhead
Llandudno Junction-Ffestiniog
Crewe-Chester
Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth
517 Birmingham-Barnt Green-Worcester 13
NETWORK NUMBER 6—ANGLIA
Group Number Group Name and Services Comprising Group Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000
602 Cambridge Group:—
Cambridge-Kings Lynn 838
Cambridge-Peterborough
Cambridge-Norwich
603 East Anglia-Midlands-North 686
604 Ipswich Group:—
Colchester-Sudbury 1,080
Colchester-Ipswich
Manningtree-Harwich
Ipswich-Felixstowe
Ipswich-Lowestoft
Ipswich-Cambridge
605 Norwich-Coast Group:—
Norwich-Yarmouth 581
Norwich-Lowestoft
Norwich-Sheringham
NETWORK NUMBER 7—WESTERN
701 Cornwall:—
Plymouth-Liskeard-Penzance 925
St. Erth-St. Ives
Truro-Falmouth
Par-Newquay
Liskeard-Looe
Plymouth-Gunnislake
702 Exeter:—
Exeter-Paignton/Plymouth 1,449
Exeter-Barnstaple
Exeter-Exmouth
Exeter-Salisbury
703 Bristol:—
Bristol-Salisbury 1,368
Bristol-Weymouth
Bristol-Taunton
Bristol-Severn Beach
704 Cardiff Valleys:—
Cardiff-Penarth 1,484
Cardiff-Coryton
Barry Island-Treherbert/Merthyr
Cardiff-Rhymney
705 Crewe-South Wales:—
Cardiff-Crewe 885
Swansea-Shrewsbury
706 Severnside:—
Cardiff-Bristol1 392
Cardiff-Gloucester
707 West Wales:—
Swansea-Milford Haven 608
Whitland-Pembroke Dock
708 South Midlands:—
Oxford-Worcester 1,468
Worcester-Hereford
Swindon-Gloucester-Worcester
Didcot-Bristol
Oxford-Leamington
709 Paddington-Oxford/Westbury:—
Paddington-Reading-Oxford 449
Reading-Westbury
NETWORK NUMBER 8—LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST
Group Number Group Name and Services Comprising Group Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000
801 Southern Region-London and South East Area 14,017
802 Ashford-Hastings 269
803 Reading South:—
Reading-Tonbridge 927
Reading-Salisbury
804 Isle of Wight 228
805 South Coast:—
Brighton-Portsmouth 3,671
Brighton-Ore
Hampshire-DMUs (diesel multiple-units)
806 Bournemouth-Weymouth 828
807 Paddington Suburban:—
Paddington-Slough-Reading 837
Ealing-Greenford
Twyford-Henley
Maidenhead-Marlow
Slough-Windsor
808 Kings Cross Suburban:—
Kings Cross-Hertford-Hitchin 2,967
Kings Cross-Welwyn Garden City
Kings Cross-Royston
Kings Cross-Cambridge (Buffet)
Kings Cross-Cambridge (Stopping)
809 Colchester-Clacton/Walton 426
810 Kings Cross-Grantham/Stamford 75
811 Liverpool Street Suburban:—
Liverpool Street-Southend 375
Liverpool Street-Gidea Park-Shenfield
Liverpool Street-Chelmsford-Witham
Liverpool Street-Colchester
Liverpool Street-Clacton/Walton
Witham-Braintree
Wickford-Southminster
Romford-Upminster
Tottenham-North Woolwich
Liverpool Street-Cambridge
Cambridge-Bishops Stortford
Liverpool Street-Broxbourne-Hertford
Liverpool Street-Enfield
Liverpool Street-Chingford
Liverpool Street-Bishops Stortford
812 London Tilbury and Southend:—
Fenchurch Street-Shoeburyness via Laindon 3
Fenchurch Street-Shoeburyness via Tilbury
Upminster-Grays-Tilbury
Kentish Town-Barking
813 Marylebone:—
Marylebone-Harrow-Aylesbury 688
Marylebone/Paddington-High Wycombe-Aylesbury
814 Princes Risborough-Banbury 304
815 St. Pancras/Moorgate-Luton-Bedford 134
816 Euston Suburban:—
Euston-Tring-Bletchley 1,223
Euston/Broad Street-Watford
Watford-Croxley Green]
Broad Street-Richmond
Watford-St. Albans
817 Bedford-Bletchley 212