BIG INCREASE
RAILWAY RECEIPTS
FIGURES FOR BRITISH COMPANIES
CHRISTMAS RETURNS
(British Official Wireless.)
(Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, December 28. The traffic on the British railways during Christmas showed a further large increase. Compared with the same week in 1932 the London Midland and Scottish Railway’s receipts for passenger traffic rose by £42,000, and the goods receipts by £44,000. The London and North-Eastern Railway showed corresponding gains of £27,000 and £28,000; the Southern Railway £2O- - and £30,000, and the Great Western Railway £13,000 and £lB,OOO. The improvement in the second half of 1933 has been constant and is expected to continue.
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Southland Times, Issue 22210, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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100BIG INCREASE Southland Times, Issue 22210, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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