HOW LONDON TRAVELS
GROWTH IN TRAFFIC. The growth of passenger traffic and change in the method of _ travel in Greater London since 1913 is disclosed in a remarkable way in the following tables in the London ‘ Daily Telegraph. In 1913 the figures were: — Tramways.—Passengers carried, 812,000,000; per cent, or total, 36; rides per capitum, 110. Omnibuses.—Passengers carried, 736,000,000; per cent, oi total, 32; rides per capitum, 100. Railways.—Passengers carried, 725,000,000; per cent, of total, 32; rides per capitum, 98. By_ 1925 the total volume of traffic had increased by 63 per cent., but the tramway passengers increased by only 21 per'cent. The omnibus passengers increased by the phenomenal figure of 127 per cent., while the railway passengers increased by 45 per cent. The result has been that the tramways have fallen to the bottom of the table, while the omnibuses have risen to the top, the railways meantime advancing to the second place, as hereunder: —• Omnibuses. Passengers carried, 1,671,000,000; per cent, of total, 45; rides per capitum, 218. Railways. Passengers carried, 1/149,000,000; per cent, of total, 28; rides per capitum, 137. Tramways.—Passengers carried, 979,000,000; per cent, of total, 27; rides per capitum, 128. wit iiiiw im» wmiim—■—>
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Evening Star, Issue 19442, 28 December 1926, Page 1
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197HOW LONDON TRAVELS Evening Star, Issue 19442, 28 December 1926, Page 1
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