The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY

REDUCTION OF FARES.

THE Public are respectfully informed, that on and
after SATURDAY, the 2d of November nest, the fol-
lowing will be the Passenger Fares between Liverpool and
Manchester :

First Class Fares..
Second Class
Third Class 21 63.
DAY TICKETS (not Transferable) to Manchester or
Liverpool and Back on the same day Ten Shillings,
equalling each way Five Shillings.
The l'ublic are further informed that from and after
the same date there will be Two Third Class Trains per
Day, one in the Morning and one in the Evening, from
each end of the flue.

The Times of Departure w,ll be published in bills of
the day.
The Directors feel that some explanation is due to the
Shareholders upon the announcement of so large an ad-
ditional measure of accommodation, and so important a
reduction of fares, within six months after the opening of
the Extension Line through Sa:ford, upon which nearly
£250,000 have been expended, especially as the general
Scale of Fares on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
has never exceeded, and has generally been below that of
the principal railways in England, including those in im-
mediate connexion with this district.

The Directors are happy to be able to state that the
traffic accounts for the quarter just ended exhibit a very
gratifying increase over the corresponding quarter of last
year ; a result, in part to be attributed to the Extension
Railway lately opened, forming a direct and continuous
line of communication with Yorkshire and the East Coast,
but in tart, also, to the general revival of trade, which the
Directors trust will be steady and permanent, giving in-
creased activity to the internal truffic of the country.
This favourable state of things has encouraged the
Directors to adopt a more decided course than they would
otherwise have been justified in doing; and they cheer-
fully recognize the broad and general principle that the
public may fairly claim to participate, from time to time,
by means of increased accommodation or reduced rates,
in the continued success of the company.
Moreover, they will not conceal from the Proprietors,
that in the present position of railway interests, with a
superabundance of unemployed capital and a speculative
spirit abroad, which, every day, conjures into shape and
promise new and rival projects, existing lines must he
prepared, even at some sacrifice, to supply the public with
ample accommodation, on the most reasonable terms, if
they woul 1 maintain the ground which they have heretofore
occupied—each in its own locality.
For this purpose the outlay of additional capital may
be required, the return for which can be expected only
from an increase of traffic, consequent on the increased
prosperity of the country. But the Directors feel assured
that a deference to public opinion, exemplified by the
course of policy now recommended, will best enable them
to maintain a safe position, and to defeat, if need be, the
attempts of rival and bnatile undertakings.
By order,
HENRY BOOTH, Manager.
Liverpool, 14th October, 1844.