RIGID CONDITIONS ON BUS SIZE FAIL
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TIIE Minister of Transport has announced his decision in the appeal of London Transport against 'conditions as to the size of vehicles to be used On services between Chesham Moor and Great Missenden, and Chesham Moor and Tring.
In respect of the former route, the Commissioner insisted that 20-seater buses with a maximum overall length of 24 ft. and an overall width of not more than 7 ft. 6 ins, should be used. On the Chesham Moor-Tring route the conditions called for the operation of 'buses not exceeding 20 ft. long and 7 ft. 2 ins. wide.
In his report, Mr. Paul C. Davie, who heard the appeal, found that there was not sufficient warrant to force on the appellant the inconvenience and expense of having to adopt a non-standard type of vehicle on the Chesham Moor-Tring mule. He recommended that the operation of 20seater buses having an overall length and width of 24 ft. and 7 ft. 5 ins. respectively be permitted.
With this conclusion the Minister agrees. He has, therefore, dismissed the section of the appeal that refers to the Chesham Moor and Great Missenden route, but has allowed the appeal so far as it concerns the second route.
LONDON TRANSPORT'S BIGGEST REORGANIZATION.
TWENTY routes operated from five 1 garages, and 2.000 daily duties for the operating staff, were reviewed in a reorganization of bus services in the Romford, Hornchurch, Dagenham and Barking districts. The first part of the scheme, affecting 12 routes, was introduced on Wednesday; it is hoped to complete the programme on February 17.
This is the largest reorganization of services undertaken by London Transport. Preparation of the duty schedules necessitated 50,000 separate calculations, and the entry of 1,000,000 figures. The changes made on Wednesday consisted chiefly of strengthening and localizing suburban services in Romford and Hornchurch, to avoid the irregularity unavoidable when vehicles have to traverse the congested streets of Central London,
S.W.T. CLAIMS £22,700 FROM SWANSEA.
SW AN S E A Drainage Committee has received a claim for £22,700 from the South Wales Transport Co., Ltd. It has been made in consideration of a loss of traffic receipts alleged to have been caused to the company by the council's various schemes of sewerage and drainage work in the Mumbles Head district. The company claims that its traffic receipts fell off by this amount while the work was proceeding.
The town clerk states that he has denied liability by the council. The question has been referred to a subcommittee.