The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2, 1930)
Huge Mileage Run by British Railways
Huge Mileage Run by British Railways
Every year nearly 140,000,000 freight train miles, and 270,000,000 passenger train miles, are run by British railways. The 20,000 miles of running track are used by 23,000 locomotives, 50,000 coaches, and some 1,200,000 freight vehicles.