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Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of railway lines were closed between November 1964 and June 1970, July 1970 and February 1974 and since March 1974.
Mr. William Rodgers
The information is available only for calendar years and is as follows:
| Year | Passenger and Freight Route Miles Closed | |||
| 1964 | … | … | … | 1,005 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | 1,067 |
| 1966 | … | … | … | 1,127 |
| 1967 | … | … | … | 562 |
| 1968 | … | … | … | 748 |
| 1969 | … | … | … | 405 |
| 1970 | … | … | … | 310 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | 161 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | 120 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | 118 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | 37 |
| 1975 | … | … | … | 31 |
| 1976 | … | … | … | 69 |