| Total passenger journeys (of which 10 per cent. were 1st and 2nd class) | 1,620,000,000 |
Average fare for each journey only 6½d.
| Total tonnage of goods:— | |
| Estimate per passenger trains | 20,000,000 |
| Actual per goods trains | 524,000,000 |
| 544,000,000 |
| Average rates per goods train:— | ||
| Minerals only | 1s. 6d. | per ton |
| General Merchandise | 6s. | ” |
| Both together | 2s. 4d. | ” |
Estimate under proposed scheme:—
I. Passengers.—Assuming Main Line passenger journeys are 300,000,000, i.e., under 20 per cent. of the total passenger journeys.
| 300,000,000 | at 1s. | = | £15,000,000 | |
| add | 30,000,000 | at 4s. for 1st class | = | 6,000,000 |
| 1,320,000,000 | at 1d. | = | 5,500,000 | |
| add | 132,000,000 | at 5d. for 1st class | = | 2,750,000 |
| Present No. | 1,620,000,000 | will produce | £29,250,000 |
Increased number of Main Line passengers required to make up deficiency:—