HC Deb 27 March 1975 vol 889 c260W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the amount of ton-miles of freight carried by rail in each of the member States of the EEC in 1974 or the nearest most convenient year.

Mr. Carmichael:

The main railway undertakings in each country have published the following figures for 1972 (or the nearest available period):

million ton miles
Belgium 4,577
Denmark 1,075
Federal Republic of Germany 38,082
France 41,054
Republic of Ireland 351
Italy 10,300
Luxembourg 476
Netherlands 1,877
United Kingdom 12,858