Travel Amenities
Page 66
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
QUITE apart from the L4o,000,000 New Works Programme, London Transport has spent in the first five years nearly Lio,000,000 on capital account. The result is seen in rising standards of pleasantness, comfort and convenience in travel.
Travel is more pleasant. Stations have been reconstructed. 'Push buttons' eliminate the unnecessary opening of train doors. Noise on the tube railways is being greatly reduced by the use of welded rails and the installation of soundabsorbing pads. The trolleybus has set a new standard of silence in road transport.
Travel is more comfortable. The tube rolling stock now on order, with the traction equipment under the floor, provides greater passenger capacity. The trains will have more rapid and smoother acceleration and deceleration. The trolleybus sets the standard of comfort in road transport. London Transport's bus and coach fleet has been completely modernized. The longfamiliar NS bus—revolutionary in its day—has disappeared for ever from the London scene. New and luxurious coaches are in service.
Travel is more convenient. The reconstruction of stations and the installation of escalators have improved the means of interchange. Travelling time on the railways will be reduced when the new rolling stock is put into service. The trolleybus banishes the need for passengers to board and alight in the middle of the road.
Travel is more pleasant, more comfortable, and more convenient.