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It should not be overlooked that the British railways themselves are today one of the best examples of the true co-ordination of transport to be found anywhere in the world. They operate road transport, docks, hotels, and canals as well as railways and all are fitted together to serve the single purpose of the whole. The Transport Act provides for separate executives for each form of transport and this may mean separating each part of the business, in which case the economies may not be realised as soon as might otherwise be the case. This was one of the criticisms levelled at the measure when it was going through its Parliamentary stages. The warning given by Sir Rowland Hill in 1867 against "undue enlargement of expectation" should not be forgotten, even by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, who the other day in the House of Commons said he had great hopes that when the railways were nationalised on January 1 all trains between London and Manchester would run to time! Topics
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