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 Table No. 5

Range of receipts

Number of stations

Parcels receipts

Actual

Percentage of total

£'000

Percentage of total

(Figures in brackets are cumulative)

Less than £500 2,457  57  341  1

£500-£2,499 911  21 (78)  1,179  3 (4)

£2,500-£9,999 531  12 (90)  2,896  8 (12)

£10,000-£49,999 301  7 (97)  7,025  19 (31)

£50,000-£299,999 78  2 (99)  8,863  24 (55)

£300,000 and over 22  1 (100)  16,352  45 (100)

4,300 100  36,656  100

The disparity between stations is again seen. Naturally most of the parcels traffic originates in, and is destined for, areas of dense population. It is not, therefore, surprising that at one end of the scale 2,457 or 57 per cent. of the stations, contribute only 1 per cent. of the parcels receipts, whilst at the other end 100 stations or 3 per cent. account for 69 per cent, of the receipts.

Most stations, particularly the smaller ones, deal with freight traffic in addition to passenger and parcels traffic. The respective levels of utilisation are not necessarily the same for passengers, parcels and freight traffics at individual stations, but in general they are similar.

Tables showing the 1960 tonnage of forwarded and received merchandise and minerals, and received coal traffic at 5,031. stations which were open at the end of 1962, follow:—

Table No. 6

Volume of traffic (tons)

Number of stations

Tonnage

Actual

Percentage of total

'000 tons

Percentage of total

(Figures in brackets are cumulative)

Less than 500 tons 2,906  58  243  1

500-2,499 1,124  22 (80)  1,389  8 (9)

2,500-9,999 668  13 (93)  3,395  20 (29)

10,000-49,999 276  6 (99)  5,685  33 (62)

50,000 tons and over 57  1 (100)  6,513  38 (100)

5,031 100  17,225  100