§ Mr. Cookasked the Minister of Transport what percentage of the total rail network and of rail passenger mileage is serviced by diesel motorised units (DMUs).
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Railways Board is unable to estimate precisely the percentage of the rail network which is serviced by DMUs, but it has told me that DMUs account for 26.5 per cent. of the mileage covered by passenger carrying trains, and their carryings represent 12 per cent. of total rail passenger mileage.