HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc13-8W
Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what grants have been paid to British Rail in each year since 1960; to what extent un-remunerative services benefited from them; and which services were concerned.

Dr. Gilbert

Grants have been paid to British Railways as follows:

£ million
1960 … 115.4
1961 … 136.8
1962 … 139.9
1963 … 133.9
1964 … 120.9
1965 … 132.4
1966 … 134.7
1967 … 153.1
1968 … 147.4
1969 … 76.8
1970 … 75.5
1971 … 73.7
1972 … 147.7
1973 … 180.9
1974 … 391.2
1975 … 505.4

Within these totals, specific grants were paid towards unremunerative passenger services under Section 39(1) of the Transport Act 1968 from 1969 to 1974, as follows:

£ million
1969 … 61.1
1970 … 61.7
1971 … 63.1
1972 … 59.9
1973 … 81.2
1974 … 139.7

A list of services which have benefitted at some time from these grants is attached.

Since 1974 the Railways Board has been compensated for the net cost of operating its railway passenger system as a whole, in accordance with the public service obligation placed on it as provided for in Section 3 of the Railways Act 1974.

Services which have received support under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968

  • Aberdeen—Inverness.
  • Alton—Winchester.
  • Ashford—Hastings.
  • Aylesbury—Marylebone (via Harrow).
  • Ayr—Kilmarnock.
  • Ayr—Stranraer.
  • Bangor—Caernarvon.
  • Barnstaple—Ilfracombe.
  • Barrow—Whitehaven.
  • Barry Island—Treherbert/Merthyr.
  • Birmingham—Derby.
  • Birmingham—Henley-in-Arden—Stratford.
  • Birmingham—Stourbridge—Kidderminster.
  • Birmingham Snow Hill—Langley Green.
  • Birmingham—Leamington Spa.
  • Birmingham—Lichfield.
  • Birmingham—Leicester—Nottingham.
  • Birmingham—Redditch.
  • Birmingham—Lapworth—Stratford.
  • Birmingham—Walsall (via Aston).
  • Birmingham—Walsall (via Soho).
  • Birmingham New Street—Wolverhampton (HL).
  • Birmingham Snow Hill—Wolverhampton (LL).
  • Birmingham—Kidderminster—Worcester.
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  • Blackpool—Blackburn—Colne.
  • Bletchley—Bedford.
  • Bodmin Road—Newquay.
  • Boston—Skegness.
  • Bourne End—High Wycombe.
  • Bournemouth—Weymouth.
  • Bradford—Blackpool.
  • Bradford—Keighley.
  • Bradford—Manchester.
  • Bridgend—Treherbert.
  • Brighton—Portsmouth.
  • Bristol—Bath Spa.
  • Bristol—Salisbury.
  • Bristol—Severn Beach.
  • Bristol—Weston-super-Mare—Taunton.
  • Bristol—Weymouth.
  • Bristol—Worcester.
  • Broad Street—Richmond.
  • Bury—Rawtenstall.
  • Cambridge—Bishops Stortford.
  • Cambridge—Bury St. Edmunds—Ipswich.
  • Cambridge—Kings Lynn.
  • Cam bridge—Peterborough.
  • Cambridge—St. Ives.
  • Cardiff—Bristol.
  • Cardiff—Crewe.
  • Cardiff—Gloucester.
  • Cardiff—Hereford.
  • Cardiff—Penarth.
  • Cardiff—Rhymney.
  • Carlisle—Glasgow (via Dumfries).
  • Chester—Llandudno—Holyhead.
  • Chester—Manchester.
  • Cleethorpes—Newark.
  • Cleethorpes—New Holland.
  • Cleethorpes/New Holland—Immingham.
  • Colchester—Ipswich.
  • Colchester—Clacton / Walton.
  • Colchester—Sudbury.
  • Colne—Skipton.
  • Coryton—Cardiff.
  • Crewe—Chester.
  • Crewe—Derby.
  • Crewe—Preston (locals).
  • Crewe—Shrewsbury.
  • Dalry—Kilwinning—Largs.
  • Darlington—Bishop Auckland.
  • Darlington/Northallerton—Hartlepool.
  • Darlington—Richmond.
  • Darlington—Saltburn.
  • Derby—Manchester.
  • Derby—Matlock.
  • Derby—Nottingham.
  • Didcot—Bristol.
  • Doncaster—Cleethorpes.
  • Doncaster—Sheffield.
  • Dundee—Newport-on-Tay.
  • Ealing Broadway—Greenford.
  • East Anglia—Midlands/North of England.
  • Eastleigh—Romsey.
  • East Lincolnshire services.
  • Edinburgh—Aberdeen.
  • Edinburgh—Dundee—Arbroath (via Dunfermline).
  • Edinburgh—Dundee—Arbroath (via Kirkcaldy).
  • Edinburgh—Cardenden.
  • Edinburgh—Falkirk—Stirling—Dunblane.
  • Edinburgh—Glasgow (via Falkirk Grahamston).
  • Edinburgh—Kirkcaldy.
  • Edinburgh—North Berwick.
  • Edinburgh—Perth (via Kinross).
  • Edinburgh—Stirling—Perth.
  • Euston—Northampton—Birmingham.
  • Euston—Tring—Bletchley.
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  • Euston—Stranraer.
  • Euston/Broad Street—Watford.
  • Exeter—Barnstaple.
  • Exeter—Exmouth.
  • Exeter—Okehampton.
  • Exeter—Paignton/Plymouth.
  • Fenchurch Street—Shoeburyness (via Laindon).
  • Fenchurch Street—Shoeburyness (via Tilbury).
  • Fort William—Mallaig.
  • Glasgow—Aberdeen.
  • Glasgow—Ayr.
  • Glasgow—Barrhead.
  • Glasgow—Stirling—Dunblane.
  • Glasgow—Dundee.
  • Glasgow—East Kilbride.
  • Glasgow—Shotts—Edinburgh.
  • Glasgow—Fort William.
  • Glasgow—Hamilton.
  • Glasgow—Perth—Inverness.
  • Glasgow—Paisley—Kilmacolm.
  • Glasgow—Kirkcaldy.
  • Glasgow—Lanark.
  • Glasgow—Oban.
  • Glasgow Suburban Electric, North.
  • Glasgow Suburban Electric, South.
  • Glasgow—Gourock/Wemyss Bay.
  • Grantham—Nottingham.
  • Haltwhistle—Alston.
  • Hampshire (DMU).
  • Hereford—Shrewsbury.
  • Hereford—Worcester.
  • Huddersfield—Clayton West—Penistone.
  • Huddersfield—Wakefield.
  • Hull—Doncaster.
  • Hull—Bridlington—Scarborough.
  • Inverness—Kyle of Lochalsh.
  • Inverness—Wick/Thurso.
  • Ipswich—Felixstowe.
  • Ipswich—Lowestoft.
  • Isle of Wight.
  • Kentish Town—Barking.
  • Keswick—Carlisle.
  • Kiddeminster/Hartlebury—Bewdley.
  • King's Cross—Cambridge (Buffet).
  • King's Cross—Cambridge (Stopping service).
  • King's Cross—Grantham/Stamford.
  • King's Cross—Hertford—Hitchin.
  • King's Cross—Welwyn Garden City.
  • King's Cross—Peterborough (Stopping service).
  • King's Cross—Royston.
  • King's Lynn—Hunstanton.
  • Kirkcaldy/Cardenden—Thornton—Leven.
  • Kirkham—Blackpool South.
  • Kirkham—Fleetwood.
  • Lancaster—Morecambe.
  • Leamington Spa—Stratford.
  • Leeds—Barnsley—Sheffield.
  • Leeds—Bradford—Ilkley.
  • Leeds—Doncaster.
  • Leeds—Goole.
  • Leeds—Harrogate.
  • Leeds—Huddersfield.
  • Leeds—Hull.
  • Leeds—Liverpool.
  • Leeds—Morecambe.
  • Leeds—Scotland.
  • Leeds—Rotherham—Sheffield.
  • Leicester—Nottingham.
  • Leicester—Peterborough.
  • Lincoln/Grantham—Boston.
  • Lincoln—Nottingham.
  • Liskeard—Looe.
  • Liverpool Exchange—Wigan—Bolton.
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  • Liverpool—Runcorn—Crewe (EMU locals).
  • Liverpool Central—Gateacre.
  • Liverpool—Warrington—Manchester Central.
  • Liverpool Central—New Brighton.
  • Liverpool Exchange—Ormskirk.
  • Liverpool Exchange—Ormskirk—Preston.
  • Liverpool—Wigan—Preston.
  • Liverpool Central—Rock Ferry.
  • Liverpool—Southport (EMU).
  • Liverpool Lime Street—Southport (DMU).
  • Liverpool Central—West Kirby.
  • Liverpool—St. Helens—Wigan.
  • Liverpool Street—Bishop's Stortford/Hertford East.
  • Liverpool Street—Bishop's Stortford.
  • Liverpool Street—Broxbourne.
  • Liverpool Street—Broxbourne/Hertford East.
  • Liverpool Street—Cambridge.
  • Liverpool Street—Chingford.
  • Liverpool Street—Clacton/Walton.
  • Liverpool Street—Colchester.
  • Liverpool Street—Enfield.
  • Liverpool Street—Gidea Park—Shenfield.
  • Liverpool Street—Southend.
  • Liverpool Street—Chelmsford—Witham.
  • Llandudno—Blaenau Ffestiniog.
  • Lowestoft Central—Yarmouth South Town.
  • Machynlleth—Pwllheli.
  • Maidenhead—Bourne End—Marlow.
  • Maiden Newton—Bridport.
  • Manchester—Altrincham.
  • Manchester—Preston—Blackpool.
  • Manchester—Bury.
  • Manchester—Buxton.
  • Manchester—Warrington—Chester.
  • Manchester—Crewe (via Stockport).
  • Manchester—Crewe (via Styal).
  • Manchester—Glossop/Hadfield.
  • Manchester—Stalybridge—Huddersfield.
  • Manchester—Tyldesley—Liverpool.
  • Manchester Exchange—Liverpool Lime Street (via Patricroft).
  • Manchester—Marple Rose Hill.
  • Manchester—Romiley—New Mills.
  • Manchester—Northwich—Chester.
  • Manchester Victoria—Oldham—Rochdale.
  • Manchester—Chinley—Sheffield.
  • Manchester—Woodhead—Sheffield Victoria.
  • Manchester—Colne.
  • Manchester—Penistone.
  • Manchester—Bolton—Wigan—Southport.
  • Manchester—Stafford (via Stoke).
  • Manningtree—Harwich.
  • Marylebone—Aylesbury (via High Wycombe).
  • Middlesbrough—Whitby.
  • Montrose—Dundee—Perth.
  • Newcastle—Carlisle.
  • Newcastle—Alnmouth—Edinburgh.
  • Newcastle—Liverpool.
  • Newcastle—Sunderland—Middlesbrough.
  • Newcastle—South Shields.
  • Newcastle—Middlesbrough—Darlington—York.
  • New Holland—Barton-on-Humber.
  • New Mills—Hayfield.
  • New Mills—Sheffield.
  • Newport—Bristol.
  • Newport (Mon.)—Gloucester.
  • North Tyneside.
  • Norwich—Cambridge.
  • Norwich—Dereham.
  • Norwich—Lowestoft.
  • Norwich—Sheringham.
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  • Norwich—Yarmouth.
  • Nottingham—Rugby.
  • Paddington—Newbury—Bedwyn.
  • Paddington—Reading—Oxford.
  • Paddington—Reading.
  • Paddington—Slough.
  • Paignton—Kingswear.
  • Par—Newquay.
  • Penistone—Sheffield.
  • Plymouth—Gunnislake.
  • Plymouth—Saltash—Liskeard.
  • Preston—Barrow
  • Preston—Blackpool.
  • Preston—Windermere.
  • Princes Risborough—Banbury.
  • Reading—Basingstoke—Salisbury.
  • Reading—Redhill—Tonbridge.
  • Reading—Westbury.
  • Retford—Cleethorpes.
  • Retford—Lincoln.
  • Rochdale—Bolton.
  • Rock Ferry—Helsby—Chester.
  • Romford—Upminster.
  • Romily—Macclesfield.
  • Romiley—Rose Hill.
  • Rose Hill—Macclesfield.
  • Rugby/Coventry—Birmingham.
  • Rugby—Nuneaton—Stafford.
  • Runcorn—Helsby—Chester.
  • St. Erth—St. Ives.
  • St. Pancras/Moorgate—Luton—Bedford.
  • Salisbury—Exeter.
  • Sheffield—Chesterfield.
  • Sheffield—Retford.
  • Shrewsbury—Aberystwyth.
  • Skipton—Carlisle.
  • Slough—Windsor.
  • South East Area—SR.
  • Springburn—Cumbernauld.
  • Stafford—Birmingham.
  • Stockport—Stalybridge.
  • Stourbridge Junction—Stourbridge Town.
  • Stratford—Cheshunt.
  • Stratford—North Woolwich.
  • Stratford—Worcester.
  • Swansea—Carmarthen—Milford Haven.
  • Swansea—Llanelli—Shrewsbury.
  • Swindon—Gloucester—Worcester.
  • Taunton—Minehead.
  • Tottenham Hale—North Woolwich.
  • Truro—Falmouth.
  • Twyford—Henley.
  • Uckfield—Lewes.
  • Upminster—Grays—Tilbury.
  • Wareham—Swanage.
  • Watford Junction—Croxley Green.
  • Watford Junction—St. Albans.
  • Whitehaven—Carlisle.
  • Whitland Pembrok Dock.
  • Wickford—Southminster.
  • Witham—Braintree.
  • Wolverhampton—Chester.
  • Worcester—Birmingham (via Barnt Green).
  • Wrexham—New Brighton.
  • York—Harrogate.
  • York/Selby—Doncaster/Hull.
  • York—Leeds.
  • York—Sowerby Bridge—Manchester.
  • York Newcastle.
  • York—Scarborough.
  • York—Sheffield.
  • York—Shrewsbury