11 JANUARY 1952, Page 18

A B.R. Experience SIR, —It has recently been my misfortune to

travel by British Railways from London to Weymouth en route to Guernsey. The journey took exactly six hours (an average speed of approximately 17 m.p.h.). For the first five hours the train was unheated. During the entire trip the corridors were crammed with weary passengers, although at least a third of the carriages were empty—being simply marked " Reserved " —for whom ?

Conditions were similar on the return trip a few days later. Can there be any possible explanation for this incredible inefficiency ?

This is an experience that I should recommend your readers to avoid

at all costs.—Your faithfully, CLALIDE G. BIARD. 21 Rosary Gardens, South Kensington, S.W.7.