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PASSENGER TRANSPORT
TWO NEW COACH STATIONS FOR LONDON
Accommodation to be Provided at Euston and Victoria, at a Cost of £200,000 JONDoN is to have two new coach I stations, one at Euston, close to King's Cross, St. Pancras and Euston railway stations, and the other at Victoria. The scheme is to be carried out by a new company having the title of the Central Coaching Stations, Ltd., with its registered office at Argyle House, Euston Road, London, N.W.1. The managing director will be Mr. E. F. Lyne (who is also managing director of Central London (Road Transport) Station, Ltd., National Coachways, Ltd., Highways Guide, Ltd., and the London Terminal Coach Station). Other directors will be Messrs. Perryman (general manager of the Central London Station), J. Snelling (general manager of National Coaehways, Ltd.) and W. Featonby (general manager of the London Terminal Station). The proposed authorized capital of the company is £25,000, and it. should be pointed out that public subscription is not being sought. Operators taking
part in the scheme will have a joint controlling interest in the business.
Central Coaching Stations, Ltd., has obtained an option on the freehold site of Euston Market, which has a frontage of nearly 300 ft. on Euston Road. It is proposed to alter and rebuild the existing premises, making them into an attractive station. At Victoria, options have been obtained for the purchase of a site between Vauxhall Bridge Road, Gillingham Street, and Wilton Road. The Euston site is to cater for coaches at present picking up and setflag down passengers in Aldwyeh, Southampton Row and at the Central London Station, whilst the new Victoria Premises will provide accommodation for coaches now using Vauxhall Bridge Road and Eceleston Bridge as pickingup points.
Each station will incorporate shops,
luggage offices, a restaurant, waitingrooms, etc., and will house about 40 vehicles. The new stations are intended purely for picking up and setting down passengers, and no garage accommodation or petrol will be provided. Platforms will he installed. When the new station at Euston is completed, the existing Central London premises will not be used for loading purposes, but will be employed for garaging. Both the stations will be self-supporting and some 150 concerns will he able to participate in the scheme, which, it is estimated, will cost about £200,000. It is also proposed to develop what are termed sub-loading stations, in conjunction with agents, in various parts of London. The proposal to establish new stations has been made necessary by reason of official intimations that coaches are not to be allowed to use the London streets for picking up and setting down passengers.