Loss of Rail Traffic Not Due to Diversion
14th November 1958, Page 52
14th November 1958
Page 52
Page 52, 14th November 1958
— Loss of Rail Traffic Not Due to Diversion
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THE heavy fall in coal, mineral and other basic traffics of the railways has•not been caused by diversion to other forms of transport. This statement was made by Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission, in a report to the Minister of Transport.
He said that it would be wrong to suppose that the Commission were the only sufferers. The present situation was difficult for all public transport by rail, road or water, whether nationalized or in private hands. The future was, he declared, a matter for serious concern.
Mr. Harold Watkinson, the Minister, said in the House of Commons last week that the railways' passenger receipts were good, but freight revenue had been badly affected in recent months by an