THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MILLIONS

Fluctuating investment and traffic forecasts created something akin to planning paralysis last year at British Rail headquarters, but Richard Hope finds that spending is still expected to rise sharply over the next five years despite much-publicized cuts. Behind the uncertainty, however, lies the barely concealed conflict between the Transport Minister and the BR Board over policy objectives which this year's total subsidy of nearly 500 million pounds probably will bring to a head.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 149-151
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Subsidies; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096542
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM