RAILWAY REVENUE
INCREASE OF MORE THAN £20,000
Compared with April, 1942, 41,008 more passengers were carried by the Railways Department’s services last month, and revenue increased by £24,972. The only decreases recorded were in the tonnage of road motor goods and timber and in motor passenger revenue. Details of the traffic and revenue for the period from April 1 to May 1 this year are as follows, comparative figures for the corresponding period of 1942 being given in parenthesis:— Traffic.—Passengers, 258,409 (217,401); season tickets, 15,644 (13,197); road motor passengers, 32,305 (27,229); road motor goods (tons). 1077 (1090); cattle and calves, 4475 (3896); sheep and , pigs. 382,640 (293,719); timber (tons), 14,387 (15,365); other goods (tons), 170.755 (151,168).
Revenue. Passengers, £39,411 (£29,934); season tickets, £2970 (£2557); parcels and luggage. £3612 (£3097); goods. £118,711 (£108.093); miscellaneous, £8289 (£4371); road motor passengers. £5528 (£5759); road motor goods, £1596 (£1334); totals. £180,117 (£155,146).
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23944, 11 May 1943, Page 6
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148RAILWAY REVENUE Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23944, 11 May 1943, Page 6
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