Papurau Newydd Cymru

Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru

Cuddio Rhestr Erthyglau

24 erthygl ar y dudalen hon

-UNIFORM RAILWAY FARES.

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UNIFORM RAILWAY FARES. Letters are carried by post for long or short distances at the uniform rate of a penny; why should it not be the same with passengers and goods by railway ? That is Che interesting sugges- tion made by ilr. W. Bolland in The Railways and the Nation Problems and Possibilities" (Fisher Unwin, Is. net). It is a startling idea, but Mr. Bolland sees nothing impossible about it- when the railways are nationalised. In the case of a train from Manchester to London: If the fare is so high that only one person travels the cost per passenger is the total cost of the train. If the fare is so low that 600 persons avail themselves of the service the cost per passenger is the total cost of the train divided by 600. The total cost per train mile (not merely for locomotive expenses, but for everything except interest on capita!) in the United Kingdom in 1907 was 3s. 4d., so that the total cost of such a train for 180 miles (Manchester to London) would be £ 30. The cost per passenger in the former case would be E30 and in the latter case Is., and it would not increase the cost to the railway in the slightest degree whether part of the passengers alighted at Crewe or all went through to London. The only effect of stopping-places would be to increase the earning power of the train, for seats vacated at the first or subsequent calling- places would become available for other passengers who might wish to join the train at those stations. The accommodation in such a train is the number of seats it contains multiplied by the number of times the train empties on the through journey. With such a train it is clear that distance tends to diminish and not increase the cost per passenger

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