§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the number of rural railway stations that closed(a) nationally and (b) in Shropshire for each year between 1979 and 1997. [34270]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonWe do not have station closure statistics broken down into rural and non-rural categories. However, the table gives the total number of railway stations closed between 1979 and 1997.
Year Stations closed (nationally) Stations closed (Shropshire) 1979 — — 1980 — — 1981 6 — 1982 — — 1983 16 — 1984 1 — 1985 7 1 1986 7 — 1987 1 — 1988 2 — 1989 9 — 1990 2 — 1991 3 — 1992 3 — 1993 2 — 1994 3 — 1995 5 — 1996 1 — 1997 1 —