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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10 (January 1, 1936)

Our London Letter

Our London Letter

A Happy New Year to all! Throughout almost the whole world of railways the past year witnessed a steady improvement in the traffic and general transport situation, and, so far as can be foreseen, 1936 promises to carry on the good work of its predecessor in this regard.

At Home, a feature of the season is the very liberal passenger services which are being operated during what is normally the slack winter period. The winter schedules of our biggest group system—the London, Midland and Scottish—include seventeen new 60 miles—per-hour runs, with numerous improved cross-country connections. The London and North Eastern has introduced new fast trains between London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, and London and Hull, while another winter feature is the augmented suburban service in the London area, particularly on Sundays. On the Great Western, the winter programme provides 139 new services. The total winter passenger train service on this line includes 5,484 daily trains, with a train mileage of 114,462. Incidentally, 18 trains on the Great Western system cover 1,772 miles daily at more than 60 m.p.h.