Cheltenham services growing
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iIGHT Leyland double-deck )uses, the first service deckers n the world to be fitted with air :onditioning, were shipped to Jew York last week.
They will be operated by the Jew York Metropolitan Transit idministration for a trial period nd are the first deckers to operate in the city for nearly 25 years.
The buses are specially developed versions of the Atlantean AN 68 model and are finished in a red, white and blue livery. Fifth Avenue will form part of their service route for the two-year teal. CHELTENHAM is fast becoming the south west's Victoria. For on the same day that National Travel launched a Continental express service to Paris it also announced a new service to Edinburgh.
Last Friday the first coach left Cheltenham for Gloucester on the first stage of its 358-mile journey to Paris with two passengers aboard.
Calling at Bristol, Bath, Salisbury and Southampton more than 20 passengers — who each paid E 10.99 for the single journey to the French capital — were carried.
Nearly 200 advance bookings have been made for the service, which makes four return journeys a week. From the end of September it is planned that it will operate three days a week until ear January The Edinburgh servicewill rt. twice weekly from Cheltenhal and complements the Glasgo service which started dai. operation six weeks ago.
It will operate on Fridays an Saturdays from St Andre Square Bus Station, Edinburgf and call at Biggar, Crawforc Beattock and Lockerbie. Sing] fare is £7.10 (£11.65 return).