Rail and Road Transport in Britain

Abstract

THE third report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure for the session 1943–44, dealing with rail and road transport in Great Britain, well emphasizes the vital importance of transport in the war effort. The present agreement between the Government and the railway companies, which became operative on January 1, 1941, has given the Government a direct interest in costs of railway operation, and the report notes that receipts have increased, in round figures, by £95,500,000, while expenses have risen by £48,250,000 a year between 1940 and 1942.