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Table No. 1

Examples of Assessments Made of the Annual Financial Effect of Withdrawing Typical Passenger Services

Earnings £ Contributory gross revenue Movement expenses Net Region Service Traction Type Route miles Train miles £ Expected loss in total service Net financial effect based on Total financial effect gross Terminal movement and expenses based on total Expected Total to be lost Total Expected to be lost movement revenue PET expenses Total train expenses mile '000 £ £ 5. d. North-Eastern Hull-York (via Beverley) Diesel Rural/ 42 259.7 90,400 64,790 37,680 4,900 69,690 84,400 66 £ +14,710 £ £ 23,100 £ 107,500 +37,810 43,300 and terrainal expenses £ terminal movement signalling Direct track and Net financial effect based on total expenses direct expenses DMU +$1,110 commuter Scottish Banff-Tillynaught Steam Rural 6 37.4 800 800 6,130 4,000 4,800 14,150 7 7 + 9.350 950 15,100 +10,300 600 +10,900 North-Eastern Bradford and Leeds to Skipton (via Ilkley) Contex 26 DMU " rural/ and 404-2 59,700 59,000 24,370 5,950 64,939 73,900 3 $ + 8,970 31,600 105,500 +40,570 48,400 +88,970 holiday 28 Eastern Thetford-Swatham DMU Rural 23 86-1 3,700 3,700 16,000 1,700 5,400 13,200 3 1 + 7,800 3,900 Western Chippenham-Calne I4 DMU Rural S 48.6 4,700 4,700 56,900 5,700 10,400 15,500 6 5 + 5,100 8,900 17,100 +11,700 17,200 +28,900 24,400 +14,000 10,000 +24,000 Western Yatton-Clevedon DMU Commuter 4 46.6 6,100 6,100 Scottish Elgin-Lossiemouth Diesel Rural 6 11.2 " ☐ 625 625 North-Eastern Sunderland-West Hartlepool.. DMU Inter-urbad 18 38.4 8,500 5,300 22,200 18,350 3,370 1,100 7,200 370 170 11,500 4 11 + 4,300 5,600 17,100 +9,900 8,000 +17,900 1,000 3,150 5 7 + 2,150 1,500 4,650 3,650 1,300 + 5,450 5,470 7,400 3 10 + 1,930 3,300 10,700 +5,230 + 5,230 Scottish Aberdeen-Ballater Battery Rural car/ DMU commuter! 43 holiday 161.0 14,370 14,370 21,980 7,000 21,370 19,850 2 6 - 1,520 9,250 29,100 + 7,730 20,980 +28,710 Scottish Gleneagles-Crieff-Comric " Diesel rail bus Holiday! rural 15 65-1 1,900 1,900 12,280 9,000 10,900 7,500 2 4 - 3,400 3,480 10,980 + 80 8,280 +8,360

The heavy vertical lines indicate the stage in the relationship between revenue and expenses at which withdrawal of the service becomes financially justified.

The direct track and signalling expenses shown above are the additional expenses incurred in providing track and signalling to passenger train standards for the services concerned.

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