RAILWAY SERVICES
INCREASED REVENUE LAST MONTH The number of passengers carried by the railways during last month exceeded by more than 16,000 the total for May, 1942. The total revenue received by the Railways Department from all its services last month was £158,725, nearly £16,000 more than in May, 1942. Details of the operations of the Railways Department last month, with comparative figures for May, 1942 in parenthesis; are as follows; Number of passengers carried. 204,663 (188,242); season tickets issued, 15,010 (12,762); road motor passengers, 31,540 (22,481); road motor goods, 878 tons (1542 tons); cattle and calves, 4484 (3761); sheep and pigs, 211,108 (134.271); timber, 16,197 superficial feet (16,007 superficial feet); other goods, 152,141 tons (153,051 tons). Details of revenue received in May (with figures for May, 1942. in parenthesis) are as follows:—Passengers, £27,859 (£24,127); season tickets, £3417 (£2724)f parcels and luggage, £3IBO (£2509); goods, £111,328 (£100,932); road motor passengers, £4284 (£4898); road motor goods, £1272 (£1643); miscellaneous, £7385 (£5643); total, £158,725 (£142,476).
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23967, 7 June 1943, Page 3
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163RAILWAY SERVICES Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23967, 7 June 1943, Page 3
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