asked the Minister of Transport if she will give the capital expenditure on London Transport for each from 1948, and the estimates for each of the five years from 1966, showing separately expenditure on the bus system and the railway system.
asked the Minister of Transport, if she will give the capital expenditure on London Transport for each year from 1948, and the estimates for each of the five years from 1966, showing separately expenditure on the bus system and the railway system.
The figures for the years 1948 to 1965 are given below. Those for 1966 and after are now under discussion.
| LONDON TRANSPORT BOARD CAPITAL EXPENDITURE-YEARS 1948–1965 | |||||
| Year | Road £000 | Rail £000 | General £000 | ||
| 1948 | … | … | 3,975 | 2,892 | — |
| 1949 | … | … | 7,521 | 2,317 | — |
| 1950 | … | … | 8,663 | 2,833 | — |
| 1951 | … | … | 5,825 | 2,008 | — |
| 1952 | … | … | 6,255 | 2,325 | — |
| 1953 | … | … | 5,450 | 741 | — |
| 1954 | … | … | 3,358 | 816 | — |
| 1955 | … | … | 994 | 956 | — |
| 1956 | … | … | 408 | 1,301 | — |
| 1957 | … | … | 574 | 1,606 | — |
| 1958 | … | … | 724 | 1,300 | — |
| 1959 | … | … | 2,459 | 3,329 | — |
| 1960 | … | … | 3,993 | 9,966 | — |
| 1961 | … | … | 2,953 | 10,469 | — |
| 1962 | … | … | 2,683 | 11,474 | — |
| 1963 | … | … | 2,563 | 13,200 | 426 |
| 1964 | … | … | 2,361 | 15,122 | 973 |
| 1965 | … | … | 2,908 | 18,321 | 707 |
Notes:
(i) Expenditure on Electricity Generation and Distribution assets is included in the figures for Railways.
(ii) For 1963 and later years expenditure on workshop plant and machinery, miscellaneous service vehicles etc. has not been allocated in the published accounts between Road Services and Railways.
(iii) All figures relate to expenditure on Capital Account and have been extracted from the published accounts of the British Transport Commission and London Transport Board.