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Rail Freight Down Again
13th May 1966, Page 56
13th May 1966
Page 56
Page 56, 13th May 1966
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READ in the context of an overall increase in national productivity, railway statistics for the 12 weeks to March 26, 1966 must make ominous reading for the British Railways Board. Traffic receipts for freight other than coal, iron, or steel are down by £1.28m. or 6.2 per cent compared with last year. Originating freight traffic (Table 4) is down by 8.2 per cent and now amounts to 10.2m. tons. Moreover the railways' heavy dependence on coal, iron and steel (43.8m. tons) is confirmed in this same table as compared with 10.2m. tons for all other freight.
Parcels traffic, however, provides some slight relief, with traffic receipts up by 1.3 per cent or £169,000.