PAValentine, a member of the London Transport Executive, who was
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giving evidence before the Transport .Tribunal, London Transport's tra•ffie receipts at Whitsun Were 4 per cent, lower than during the corresponding period of last year.
Mr. Valentine disagreed with a suggestion by Mr. Moelwyn Hughes, K.C.,. for the London County Council and other objectors, that. under the interit London charges scheme, increases in fares for those who at present use workmen's tickets •should be liniited to 25 per cent., or 2s. a week. The proposal was estimated to cost £660.000 a year
The latest issue of "Transport Statistics ". shows that in the 'first 20 weeks. of the year the Executive's revenue was £21,239,000, compared with .121,617,000 in the corresponding period.
of 1949. This slight drop is almost balanced by an increase in revenue On the British Transport Commission's provincial and Scottish road passenger transport undertakings from £1 1,982,000 to£12284000.