The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted tor the week ending Dec. 20, on 10,605 miles, to
£531,735, and for the corresponding week of last year, on
10,186 mike, to £535,995, showing an increase of 319 miles,
and a decrease of £4,260 in the receipts. The gross receipts
on the Ulm% ing 14 railways amounted in the aggregate, on
7,227 Lilies, to £420,722, and for the corresponding week of
1861, on 7,006 miles, to £437,793, showing an increase of
221 miles, and a decrease of £7,071 in the recipts. The
decrease on the Great Eastern amounted to £1,947, on the
Great Northern to £697, on the Great Southern and Western
to £35, on the Great Western to £2,946, on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire to £1,501, on the London and South-Western
to £1,534, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
to £2lB, on the Midland to £466, and the South-Eastern to
£1,261; total, £10,605. But from this must be deducted
£lO6, the increase on the Caledonian, £1,159 on the London
and North-Western, £877 on the London, Brighton, and
South Coast, £340 on the North British, and £1,052 on the
North-Eastern; together £3,534, leaving the decrease, as
above, £7,071. The goods and mineral traffic on those lines
amounted to £236,504, and for the ecrresponding week of
1861 to £.229,126, showing an increase of £7,378. The re-
ceipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £184,218,
against £198,667, showing a decrease of £14,449. The traffic
receipts on 61 other lines amounted, on 3,279 miles, to
£111,013, and for the corresponding week of last year, on.
3,180 miles, to £108,202, showing an increase of 99 miles,
and of £2,811 in the receipts. The total receipts of the
past week show an increase of £12,623 as compared with
those of the preceding week ending the 13th inst.

Railways.

Miles Opened.

~.._--•--.
1862. 1861.

Belfast and N, Counties 136
Belfast and County Down 49
Blyth and Tyne . 22
Bristol and Exeter 121;
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington al
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6
Cork and Youghal .. . 32
Cornwall 531
Deeside l7
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63

Dublin and Drogheda - 63 63
Dub. & Wicklow and We'd d. 485 485
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 31 31
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &e 5O 5)
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 330 330
Great North et Scotland 5B 58
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 455
qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 329 329
Great Western 992 9641
Inverness & Aberdeen June 735 735
Irish North-Western 145 130
Irish South-Eastern 251 251
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3951
Limerick and Ennis.. 241 24
Limerick and Foynes 26 26
Llanelly 46 461
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51
London & South-Western
Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 '/25
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsli
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincliam 9l 04
Mar port and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141
Midland Gt.Westn. of bind 1925 1925
Monkland 7ll 715
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 8941 8674
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 248 246
Oswestry and Newton... 42 42
Rhymney l9l 194
St. Ilelen's Canal & Railway 52 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 132. 132
_ .

Shropshire Union
Somerset and Dorset
South Devon

South-Eastern 3oe
Stockton and Darlington 185
Taff Yale 5l
Ulster 5l
Vale of Clwyd .. 10
Vale of Neath 2s}
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 27}
W.Hartlepool H arbr. &Rail 39
W'haven,Cleator,SrEgrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35

Receipts.

1862. 1861.
£ £

1,821 1,851
690 621
1,800 1,R2
6,262 6,494
15,563 15,457
294 176
299 343

152 193
299 227
1,223 1,200

217 .206
1,4(4 1,619
1,730 1,849
1,462 1,543
1,030 992
7,011 6,6 8

. _
213 214
2,689 2,305
7,800 7,656
27,177 29, 124
28,332 29,029
1,781 1,641

8,542 8,577
55,422 58,168
876 768
1,646 1,922
240 244
31,614 33,115
148 206
174 182
517 390
89,699 88,540
1,583 1,444
18,966 20,500
17,041 16,191
3,016 1,732
1,033 9:3
14,910 15,128
1,067 1,204
1,330 Vat)
40,340 40,06
4,616 5,216
1,534 1,562
2,465 2,383

10,835 10,495
41,181 43,129
3,011 2,994
7,961 7,374
958 f

759
2,043 2,002
3,118 3,15 k
4,612 4,607
1,015 805

75i
306
161

351 -
3,377 3,615
18,070 10,331

5,17 J 4,970
1,812 1,804
131 142
2,070 1,811
355 521
1,033 1,434
716 758
3,592 3,883
467 394
750 660
033 586

976 922
32,134 42,023
274 293
1,90 i 1,445
4,172 3,741
3,664 3,430
52,027 64,614

21,556 20,159
5,379 6,033
3,977 3,597
12,873 10,576
10,110 £4 1/
1,530 892

883 018

244 150
122,283 127,068
58,615 53,950
089

1234
777

1,634 1,410
49,292 60,477
24,111 21,U47

Y2B FO9
34,829 39,269