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Trains (Overbooking)

Volume 184: debated on Monday 28 January 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received in the last year concerning the safety implications of overcrowding and double booking on British Rail trains; and if he will make a statement.

The Department of Transport received around 4,000 letters about British Rail in the last year, some of which raised questions about various aspects of overcrowding. Precise figures could be provided only at disproportionate cost.