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COSTS will go up and traffic will go down if the Government's White Paper on the future of the railways is accepted by Parliament.
The paper, published last week, says the Government should "continue to restructure the vehicle excise duty", so that heavy lorries pay their economic and social costs.
And it does not stop there. EEC regulations on drivers' hours and the introduction of tachographs should be brought into effect as soon as possible — and that m January 1, 1978, for the i duction of tachos.
The White Paper is Government's reply to report of the Commons S Committee on Nationa Industries on the rol British Rail in public trans British Rail is not left scathed by the reply, w also adds that subsidies sh be removed from freight parcels service run by BR, any future increases in railways' investment ce ould be made on the basis of a returns the investment is ely to yield.
The Government has jected the recommendation the Select Committee that e Public Service Obligation ant paid to the railways ould be cut by nearly half by 81.
The Paper also confirms e announcement by Transit Minister William Rodgers the House of Commons last eek that Freightliners is to be moved from the control of ie National Freight Corpolion and put back under the nitro' of British Rail.