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Written question asked by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 April 2002. It was answered by Stephen Byers (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.


Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the average journey length made by road hauliers to take freight to transfer onto the railway system in the last 12 months. - Inc figures.
Answer

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what was the average journey length made by road hauliers to take freight to transfer onto the railway system in the last 12 months. [49714] Mr. Byers: The average journey length made by road hauliers to transfer freight onto the railway system in 2000 was 74 kilometres. This is the latest figure available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
49714; 383 c809W;383 c807W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Freight Railways Railway network Transport Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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