§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many railway stations have been closed down since the publication of the Beeching Report; and if he will list those that have been (a) wholly or partly demolished, (b) sold, (c) coverted to other uses by British Rail and (d) abandoned.
§ Mr. William RodgersSince publication in 1963 of the report "The Reshaping of British Railways", 3,539 railway stations have been closed to traffic, of which 1,570 have been sold. None has been abandoned by British Railways. The further statistics are not readily available.