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Volume 868: debated on Tuesday 5 February 1974

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the support he intends to provide for unremunerative railway passenger services in 1974 and about the future of those services which are under threat of closure.

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL, REPORT 28th January 1974; Vol. 868, c. 38–9], gave the following information:The list of services is as follows:

NETWORK NUMBER 2—NORTH EAST

Group Number

Group Name and Services Comprising Group

Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000

203Newcastle-Middlesbrough/Darlington/York584
204Newcastle West Line:—
Newcastle-Carlisle675
Halt whistle-Alston
205Darlington Area:—
Darlington-Bishop Auckland986
Darlington-Saltburn
Middlesbrough-Whitby
206Newcastle-Berwick-Edinburgh365
207York-Durham-Newcastle310

NETWORK NUMBER 3—NORTH WEST
301Manchester-Stockport-Crewe332
302Manchester-Stoke-Stafford536
303Manchester-Buxton286
305Manchester-Romiley-Rose Hill25
306Manchester-Huddersfield39
310Manchester-Blackburn162
311Manchester-Bolton-Wigan-Southport475
312Manchester-Blackpool755
314Manchester-Northwich-Chester312
315Manchester-Styal-Crewe155
317Birkenhead North/New Brighton-Wrexham262
318Rock Ferry-Helsby-Chester274
319Liverpool-Ormskirk44
320Liverpool-Southport EMU (electric multiple-unit)243
321Liverpool-Wigan-Bolton234
323Liverpool-Crewe297
324Liverpool-Warrington-Manchester334
325Liverpool-Patricroft-Manchester180
326Liverpool-St. Helens-Wigan321
327Preston and North West:—
Ormskirk-Preston2,054
Preston-Colne
Preston-Barrow
Lancaster-Morecambe
Barrow-Whitehaven
Whitehaven-Carlisle
Preston-Windermere
328Manchester-Warrington-Chester337
329Kirkham-BIackpool South312
331Liverpool-Wigan-Preston10
332Derby-Sheffield-Manchester145

NETWORK NUMBER 4—YORKSHIRE
401Sheffield and Humberside:—
Doncaster-Cleethorpes1,451
Sheffield-Retford-Cleethorpes
Sheffield-Retford-Lincoln
Hull-Doncaster
Sheffield-New Mills
402West Riding:—
Leeds-Bradford710
Leeds-Huddersfield
Huddersfield-Wakefield
403Leeds-North Eastern:—
Leeds-Harrogate-York1,612
Leeds-York
Leeds-Hull
Leeds-Goole
404Leeds-West Coast:—
Leeds-Morecambe1,340
Leeds-Carlisle
Leeds-Liverpool

Group Number

Group Name and Services Comprising Group

Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000

405South Yorkshire:—
Huddersfield-Clayton West/Sheffield1,193
Leeds-Barnsley-Sheffield
Sheffield-York
Leeds-Doncaster
406Sheffield-Doncaster277
407South Humberside:—
Cleethorpes-Newark481
Cleethorpes-New Holland/Barton
408Derby/Nottingham:—
Derby-Nottingham1,148
Nottingham-Lincoln
Derby-Matlock
Derby-Crewe
409Nottingham-Skegness:—
Grantham-Nottingham945
Lincoln/Grantham-Boston/Skegness
410East Yorkshire:—
York-Scarborough1,619
Hull-Scarborough
York-Selby-Doncaster/Hull
411York-Shrewsbury20
413Leeds/Bradford-Ilkley283
414Bradford-Blackpool168
415Bradford-Manchester457

NETWORK NUMBER 5—MIDLANDS
503Birmingham-Stafford95
504Birmingham-Kiddersminster Worcester223
507Birmingham-Lichfield95
508Birmingham-Henley-Stratford178
509Birmingham-Rugby274
510Birmingham-Leicester/Derby:—
Birmingham-Leicester220
Birmingham-Derby
511Birmingham-Lapworth-Stratford49
512Birmingham-Leamington204
513Rugby-Stafford163
514Leicester-Nottingham-Peterborough:—
Leicester-Nottingham220
Leicester-Peterborough
515Leamington-Stratford131
516North Wales:—
Wolverhampton-Chester1,722
Chester-Holyhead
Llandudno Junction-Ffestiniog
Crewe-Chester
Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth
517Birmingham-Barnt Green-Worcester13

NETWORK NUMBER 6—ANGLIA

Group Number

Group Name and Services Comprising Group

Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000

602Cambridge Group:—
Cambridge-Kings Lynn838
Cambridge-Peterborough
Cambridge-Norwich
603East Anglia-Midlands-North686
604Ipswich Group:—
Colchester-Sudbury1,080
Colchester-Ipswich
Manningtree-Harwich
Ipswich-Felixstowe
Ipswich-Lowestoft
Ipswich-Cambridge
605Norwich-Coast Group:—
Norwich-Yarmouth581
Norwich-Lowestoft
Norwich-Sheringham

NETWORK NUMBER 7—WESTERN
701Cornwall:—
Plymouth-Liskeard-Penzance925
St. Erth-St. Ives
Truro-Falmouth
Par-Newquay
Liskeard-Looe
Plymouth-Gunnislake
702Exeter:—
Exeter-Paignton/Plymouth1,449
Exeter-Barnstaple
Exeter-Exmouth
Exeter-Salisbury
703Bristol:—
Bristol-Salisbury1,368
Bristol-Weymouth
Bristol-Taunton
Bristol-Severn Beach
704Cardiff Valleys:—
Cardiff-Penarth1,484
Cardiff-Coryton
Barry Island-Treherbert/Merthyr
Cardiff-Rhymney
705Crewe-South Wales:—
Cardiff-Crewe885
Swansea-Shrewsbury
706Severnside:—
Cardiff-Bristol1392
Cardiff-Gloucester
707West Wales:—
Swansea-Milford Haven608
Whitland-Pembroke Dock
708South Midlands:—
Oxford-Worcester1,468
Worcester-Hereford
Swindon-Gloucester-Worcester
Didcot-Bristol
Oxford-Leamington
709Paddington-Oxford/Westbury:—
Paddington-Reading-Oxford449
Reading-Westbury

NETWORK NUMBER 8—LONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST

Group Number

Group Name and Services Comprising Group

Grant payable under Section 39 of the Transport Act 1968 £000

801Southern Region-London and South East Area14,017
802Ashford-Hastings269
803Reading South:—
Reading-Tonbridge927
Reading-Salisbury
804Isle of Wight228
805South Coast:—
Brighton-Portsmouth3,671
Brighton-Ore
Hampshire-DMUs (diesel multiple-units)
806Bournemouth-Weymouth828
807Paddington Suburban:—
Paddington-Slough-Reading837
Ealing-Greenford
Twyford-Henley
Maidenhead-Marlow
Slough-Windsor
808Kings Cross Suburban:—
Kings Cross-Hertford-Hitchin2,967
Kings Cross-Welwyn Garden City
Kings Cross-Royston
Kings Cross-Cambridge (Buffet)
Kings Cross-Cambridge (Stopping)
809Colchester-Clacton/Walton426
810Kings Cross-Grantham/Stamford75
811Liverpool Street Suburban:—
Liverpool Street-Southend375
Liverpool Street-Gidea Park-Shenfield
Liverpool Street-Chelmsford-Witham
Liverpool Street-Colchester
Liverpool Street-Clacton/Walton
Witham-Braintree
Wickford-Southminster
Romford-Upminster
Tottenham-North Woolwich
Liverpool Street-Cambridge
Cambridge-Bishops Stortford
Liverpool Street-Broxbourne-Hertford
Liverpool Street-Enfield
Liverpool Street-Chingford
Liverpool Street-Bishops Stortford
812London Tilbury and Southend:—
Fenchurch Street-Shoeburyness via Laindon3
Fenchurch Street-Shoeburyness via Tilbury
Upminster-Grays-Tilbury
Kentish Town-Barking
813Marylebone:—
Marylebone-Harrow-Aylesbury688
Marylebone/Paddington-High Wycombe-Aylesbury
814Princes Risborough-Banbury304
815St. Pancras/Moorgate-Luton-Bedford134
816Euston Suburban:—
Euston-Tring-Bletchley1,223
Euston/Broad Street-Watford
Watford-Croxley Green]
Broad Street-Richmond
Watford-St. Albans
817Bedford-Bletchley212