The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-11 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted for the week ending Oct. 4, on 10,485 miles, to
£612,664, and for the corresponding week of last year, on
10,186 miles, to £586,378, showing an increase of 299 miles
and of £26,286 in the receipts. The gross receipts on the
following 14 railways amounted in the aggregate on 7,207
miles, to £484,668, and for the corresponding week of 1861,
on 7,006 miles, to £467,822, showing an increase of 201
miles, and of £16,846 in the receipts. The increase an the
Caledonian amounted to £4Bl, on the Great Eastern to
£1,070, on the Great Southern and Western to £4BO, on the
Great Western to £6,110, on the London and North-Western
to ±5,136, on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to
£3,272, on the London and South-Western to £1,826, on
the North British to £433, on the North-Eastern to £1,873,
and on the South-Eastern to £3,361; total, £24,042. But
from this must deducted £2,231, the decrease on the Great
Northern, £2,998 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £1,339
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and £626
on the Midland; together, £7,196, leaving the increase, as
above, £16,846. The goods and mineral traffic on those
lines amounted to £225,745, and for the corresponding
week of 1861 to £230,327, showing a decrease of £4,582.
The receipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to
£258,923, against £237,495, showing an increase of £21,428.
The traffic receipts on 64 other lines amounted, on 3,279
miles, to £127,996, and for the corresponding week of last
year, on 3,180 miles, to £118,556, showing an increase of 99
miles, and of £9,440 in the receipts. The increase in the
traffic of the past week, as compared with the corresponding
period of 1861, arises chiefly from the passenger traffic to
the International Exhibition. The traffic receipts of the
past week show an increase of £1,040 as compared with
those of the preceding week, ending the 27th ult.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

Twayl

1862. 1861.

1862.
x

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down 49 49
Blytli and Tyne 22 22
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 14
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington jii
~8i

Cork andßandon 2O

Cork, Blackrock, & Passage... 6/ 61
Cork and Youghal . 323/4 27
Cornwall 531 531
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexfd 483/4 483/4
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31
Edinburgh and (lasgow 169/ 1691
Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30
Furness, &c 5O 5,)
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 330 330
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 563/4 453/4
5' t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329
Great Western 992 9641
Inverness & Aberdeen June 733/4 735
Irish North-Western 145 130
Irish South-Eastern 254 254
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3954 3951
Leominster and liington
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 2 26
Llanelly 4 4
London & North-Western .., 11241 1062
London and Blackwall 5l 51
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 723/4
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man., Sheffield, & Lincolush
Blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 ot
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6144
Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind 1923/4 1923/4
Monkland 723/4 56
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Can 8944
North London 9
North Staffordshire 248
Oswestry and Newton.... 42
Rhymney 193/4
St. Helen's Canal& Railway 52
Scottish Central 5O
Scottish North-Eastern .. 132
Shropshire Union 291
Somerset and Dorset 393/4
South Devon
South-Eastern 3OO
Stockton and Darlington .. _ 183
Taff Vale . . . 5l
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 251
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 275
W.llartlepoolHarbr.&Rail 39
Whaven,leator,&Egrinnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun— 35

1861.
£

2,207 2,205

616 628
2,193 1,87
7,097 6,818
17,630 17,149
294 251
339 375

228 299

375 26
1,501 1,473

. ,
273 265
1,507 1,523
1,738 1,948
2,747 2,914
1,092 1,153
7,721 8,111

297 '2C6
2,939 2,143
8,675 8,318
34,188 33,118
32,218 34,449
1,373 1,692

550 381
8,854 8,374
05,100 57,990
1,315 930
1,743 1,375

275 426
33,467 36,465