The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles 1 Receiptsopened, 1 NAME OF RAILWAY.
1856. I 1856. 1855.
-I- -
1 £ £
BRITISH.
115 I Aberdeen .......... - - ..,, .. 3,420 2,850
37N I Belfast and Ballymena .............. 901 76 I
17 I Belfast and County Down .• .... •• .. 218 210
33 : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - -
265! : Bolton,lllackburn,and West York .... - -
117 : Bristol and Exeter • ..... ...... ...... 5,548 5,358
1915( Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 11,062 10,514
94 ii t Chester and Holyhead .........• 4,831 4,331
6101 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage • • .... 173 146
20 Cork and Bandon .. - ............ - 249 228
56 Dublin and Belfast function •• - - - 955 83,
63 Dublin and Drogheda ......... 1,349 1,248
714 Dublin and Kingstown ...... .. •• .. - 551 557
I6N J Dundee and Arbroath .............. 529 426
31 1 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 944 851
36 I Dundalk an 4 Enniskillen • ... ••.. - .• 398 255
67AEast Angdan....................... 1,048 9)6
93 East Lancashire • . .................. 5,600 4,800
417 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... '', 20,752 23,531
Eastern Union ...................s
142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ............. 5,141 4,535
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 5,313 4,895
6 Exeter and Credit0n................ 157 131
22 Furness Railway •• • ........ ...... -+
1837.. i Glasgow, and South-Western......., 5,683 5,177
993 Great Northern
29359 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,059 6.006
365 Great Western .... .. .... 261,428 21,051
951 U Irish South Eastern •• •• •• .. -- • 220 174
90 Lancaster and Carlisle •............ 5,248 4 918
28614 I Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 20,655 18,247
- Leeds Northern .........• • • • • •• •• .- - -
164 Liverpool, Crosby, and Sonthport.. - - -
55374 London and North Western ......... 52,321 51,299
sli London and Black- all • • .......• .... 1,180 1,243
180% London, Brighton, and South Coast., 10,290 9,710
267 London and South We5tern......... 13,416 11,695
60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 642 463
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &e. - -
173% Manchester, Sheffield, Ind Lincolnshire 8,610 8,371
9% Manchester and South Junction...... 879 587
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• .. •• .. .. .. - -
498 N Midland ....•- • • •................ 27,870 27,198
12654 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• -•• 3.069 2,786
52 Monklands •• •• •• •-•••• •• • • 1,370 1,259
7854 Newcastle and Car1i51e............... 2,958 2,920
149 North British •• -•• •............... 4,693 4,523
233 North Staffordshire • .... .......... 6,613. 6,037
47 North-Western •• .. •• •• .......• •• .. 781 SO
11711 qeottish-i)entral .• -..; . - ...... ~, .. _ -
82 Scottish Midland •:•• •• •• •• -. •• •• .. - -
29114 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,472 1,189
48 Shrewsbury and Chester ........... 2,403 2,031
30 Shropshire Union .................. 626 711
5734 South Devon ....................... 2,250 2,025
289 South Eastern ...................... 14,360 12,584
1621,4 South Wales -- - .. . - 5,651 , 4,860
97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole - 1,815 1,631
•39 Taff Vale •......................... 2,783 3,533
36 Ulster. - .....- .
77 Waterford and Limerick - .......... 1,025 885
2714 West Cornwall
12 Whitehaven Junction ...... ....... .. 332 332
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds.. - -
FOREIGN.
89 Dutch Rhenish .................... 1,762 761
328 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 18,485 9,415
63 Blonterean and Troyes .......-. •• .. - -
Namur and Liege - ........ •• •• - -
497 Northern of France •• •• .. 33,459 31,489
- Orleans and Central ........• •• .... - -
309 Paris and Lyors ...... •........... 28,561 24,593
84 Paris and Rotten. .................. - -
566 Paris and Strasburgh •• -•• •...., - 29,674 27,118
--Rotten and Havre- ..... • • •• - -
- Western of France •• ••••• - -