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Railways' Fish-traffic Loss

17th January 1936
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THAT road-transport competition 1 had deprived the railway companies of 12,000 tons of fish traffic annually was stated at a sitting of Mr. H. Riches. the Northern Scotland Licensing Authority. Mr. John Craig, of Messrs. Craig's Transport, Aberdeen, applied for two additional vehicles, each not exceeding 3-ton capacity. Mr. Craig at present has two vehicles running daily with fish between Aberdeen and Glasgow. The L.N.E. and L.M.S. Railway companies lodged objections.

• In reply to Mr. Weir, for the L.M.S., Mr. Craig said that he sent two lorries daily to Glasgow, after the last fish train had left. He also received a number of back loads from Ayrshire ports. In answer to Mr. Riches, the witness agreed that it was cheaper to send herring from the Ayrshire ports by rail.

For the railways, it was stated that during 1927, 12,679 tons of fish were carried from Aberdeen to Glasgow by rail, whilst for the first -10 months of 1935 the figure was only 920 tons. Road transport for fish was introduced in 1931 and in that year the rail haulage of fish fell by 50 per cent. The rail facilities were the same to-day as in 1927.

The application was refused, Mr, Riches stating that the applicant had failed to prove his case.


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