RAILWAY RETURNS
IMPROVED -POSITION
Figures, published in this -week'*^ Gazette show ; th^t-■; : net /- revenue amounting to £3401691 was eairned by the railways during -the 36 weeks ended December 9. -This compares, with an operating loss of £2256 for the corresponding- period of .the previous, year,.'--'. ■ •=■'-" ■"■' '.- . ■ ■ ■ ■ '- • ■ ;v.' .-.■ '' Revenue for tlie 36 weeks totalled. £ 6,532,902, ah increase of £ 564,703. The expenditure for the period ; amounted -to £6,192,211, as compared with '£5,970,455 for' the corresponding period of the previous year. , ; ; ;Net revenue ' for the four-weekly period ended December 9 amounted to £91,506, as compared with £010,265 for the corresponding four'weeks of the. prece'dihg year. The revenue for the period . was £ 780,143, ari,< increase of £15,637, and> the expenditure totalled £688,637, as against £674,241 fo* .the J 1938 four-weekly period.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 4
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126RAILWAY RETURNS Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 4
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