After addition of collection and delivery costs, estimated direct costs per capacity ton are:—
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Direct rail costs per capacity ton
Road costs per capacity ton
Margin in favour of rail
10-ton container
16-ton container
16-ton container
10-ton container
16-ton container
Miles
As will be seen, except for the 10-ton container moved 100 miles, Liner Train costs compare favourably with capacity ton costs for the largest road vehicles at present permitted.
Recognising that tonnage capacity cannot always be fully used and that some empty running may occur at times, both on road and rail, comparisons of 75 per cent. and 50 per cent. utilisations of rail capacity with 80 per cent. and 60 per cent. utilisations of road capacity, follow:—
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75 per cent. Rail Utilisation v. 80 per cent. Road Utilisation
Miles
100
200
300
Margin in favour of rail per ton
Direct rail cost per ton
Road cost 16-ton vehicle per ton
10-ton container
16-ton container
10-ton
16-ton
S. d.
S. d.
S. d.
S. d.
S. d.
27 0 21 0 23 9 3 3 2 9
29 9 23 6 40 0 10 3 16 6
32 0 26 6 55 6 23 6 29 0
50 per cent. Rail Utilisation v. 60 per cent. Road Utilisation
100 40 6 31 6 31 9 8 9 + 3
200 44 6 35 6 53 6 9 0 18 0
300 48 0 39 6 74 0 26 0 34 6
Applying these figures to the expected build up of traffic, it is estimated that the following will be the financial results:—
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Year
Tonnage m.
Receipts £m.
Direct costs £m.
Contributions to systems costs £m.
1965 4 7 9 -2
1966 12 21 21 ..
1968 30 51 42 +9
1973 39 67 49 18
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