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Big G.W.R. Road-motor Developments
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AN important transport development is-foreshadowed by the Great Western Railway Co., which proposes to proceed at once with the purchase of an additional 152 new motor vehicles and tractors, to the value of £89,786, for use in connection with its freight services. These vehicles will be used in connection with a number of new cartage development. They inclueld the expansion of the company's collection and delivery services, as a result of the extension of its free-delivery areas due to the growth of housing estates, etc., and the inauguration of new country lorry services, of which 135 are now, in operation, in addition to strengthening certain existing services.
Another noteworthy development is the concentration of collection and delivery traffic upon one main station serving a considerable area, whereby traffic is expedited and economies in working effected. Then, again, it is intended to convey livestock to and from markets and shows either in connection with rail services or by road direct. Farmers, in general, are mindful of the definite benefits which result from the direct transport of cattle by road motor. The animals reach their destination in better condition than by other means and are not subject to the stress which they stiffer when negotiating on foot roads carrying an increasing volume of traffic.
The company's container traffic is also to be developed, tractors being specially suitable for the work, as they enable the trailer to be left at traders' premises for loading or unloading while the tractor is utilized for other work.
Under the new arrangements a stud of 115 horses will be replaced by the motors.
It is interesting to learn that despite trade depression the tonnage of traffic collected and delivered by this new co-ordinated rail and road transport shows an increase of 28,750 tons per month over corresponding periods last year, and it represents an increase of 53 per cent., or 157,000 tons, per month over the 1922 figure. It may be called to mind that the Great Western Railway Co. instituted its first lorry seryices in 1904. Since the war, and especially during the past few years, it has continued to expand and augment its services, until to-day there is hardly a square mile of the territory covered by its railway system that is not also covered by its road services. The country lorry services, operating over an area of 12-15 miles of railheads, have brought into immediate touch industrial centres and outlying villages. These services have also in many instances relieved farmers of the necessity of carting to or from railway stations. The company already operates 831 vehicles in connection with its freight. cartage arrangements, and during 1929 these vehicles ran 5,137,481 miles and carried 1,861,434 tons of traffic.