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PASSENGER TRANSPORT
HOLIDAY TRAFFIC BREAKS ALL RECORDS
A LTHOUGH precise figures are not riavailable in connection with the holiday traffic, reports we have received show that, in all cases, great difficulty was experienced in finding a sufficient number of vehicles to meet the demand.
London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., reports that 1,484 coaches left Victoria Coach Station on Saturday, July 30, 510 of which departed between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. This constituted a record for the period. To pick up passengers en route 174 coaches were used.
George Ewer and Co., Ltd., has had to refuse bookings on both regular services and excursions when it had reached the peak of its vehicle journeys.
This increased traffic was anticipated, of course, but requests to the authorities for additional vehicle journeys on renewal of licences could not be obtained.
From King's Cross Motor Coach Station comes the report that this year's traffic figures will undoubtedly show a satisfactory increase over those for last year.
The holidays with pay movement is, in some measure, responsible for the increased demand for transport, but the comparative inactivity at the railway stations as compared to the coach stations is a clear indication of the increasing popularity of travel by road.
MORE TROLLEYBUSES IN HULL.
HlULL Transport Committee is to convert Holderness Road route for trolleybus services and is to obtain tenders for the supply of overhead equipment and 20 vehicles.
LINCOLN GiARAGE EXTENSION.
AT the Lincoln City Council meeting on August 2, it was announced that the Minister of Transport had approved the proposed extensions to the corporation bus garage. The cost of this work will be £8,288.
GLASGOW MAY TRY OUT GAS BUS.
AN experiment may be made by Glasgow Corporation transport department with the Highland Transport Company's producer-gas bus.
It was suggested by the Coal Utilization Council that the corporation, in the interests of national economy, should make a test for a period of a month or more.
A34 The transport committee unanimously agreed to remit the proposal to the general manager and convener for a report.
JOINT CONFERENCE IN WALLASEY.
A SUGGESTION of Crosville Motor r-t Services, Ltd., that a joint conference be held in connection with the bus services within the Borough has received the approval of Wallasey Corporation. The chairman, vicechairman, Alderman Storey, the town clerk and the manager of the bus department will represent Wallasey.
LONDON TRANSPORT'S BIG PROGRAMME.
VIIITH the signing of a £40,000 VV contract for a new garage at Alperton, London Transport's commitments for garage construction and reconstruction work approximates to £226,000.
' The garage at Alperton will accommodate 83 buses and will have a floor space of 27,000 feet. The programme includes two other new garages, one in Gillingham Street, Victoria, and one at Edgware. That at Gillingham Street is to cost £100,000 and that at Edgware £14,000.
At the old L.G.O.C. depot in Well Sheet, Hackney, the building ia being extended at a cost of £30,000.
MANCHESTER TAXICAB REGULATIONS
I N "Regulations for Motor Hackney
Carriages and Taximeters," issued by Manchester Corporation, particular attention is drawn to the following:— "Before entering into contracts for types of cabs not hitherto licensed by the corporation, proprietors are advised to submit to the corporation complete specifications and drawings, in order to obviate the necessity of subsequent alterations and delay in obtaining licences. Proprietors of cabs may, if they so desire, apply for a preliminary inspection of the chassis.
" It must be clearly understood that if, after a type of motor vehicle has been approved by the corporation, defects develop which, in the opinion of the corporation, render it unsuitable as a type for public service, the corporation reserves the right to withdraw such ipproval entirely, or until the defects have been satisfactorily remedied."
GARAGE EXTENSION AT EXETER.
AT a cost of £1,200, Exeter Corporation is to increase the accommodation at its Exe Island garage. The corporation reports a net profit for the year of £8,562.