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Capital investment in world railways (mostly the USA and Western Europe) exceeded £14.6 billion in 1980 - up by 22% compared The UK was the odd one out - investment went down.
And the Tories and the BR Board tell us «We are in a recession, the demand for locos, wagons and coaches is just not there any more."
The facts give them the Track In 1980, the world bought over 1,000 new locos, 4,600 passenger coaches and 41,000 freight wagons. In the same year 2½ billion dollars was spent on new track by West Germany, France and Italy to INDITI 1980 This was by far the greatest fall in the whole of Europe.
It is almost as if BR occupied a different planet from the rest of Europe. The total for all European railway freight rose from 433 billion kilometre tonnes in 1965 to 535 kilometre tonnes in 1977.
In contrast to the British government's policy, the West German government intends to treble the volume of freight transport carried by rail by 1985. And France spent £317 million on maintenance and new track in 1980. This exceeded Britain's total expenditure on all aspects of railways (i.e. £316 As a result of closures BR has lost "substantial passenger business" the NQV drives, the introduction of flexible rostering across the board, and participated in the -19-
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NEW TRACK 1980 Nigeria France Hollanı Britain
millions 494.6 167.4 101.8 56.9 11l