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Aspects• of
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
MUNICIPAL TROLLEYBUSES ON LOAN
DI RADFORD Passenger Transport .1,_) Committee having accepted an offer from Southend-on-Sea municipal transport undertaking to loan six doubledeck trolleybuses to Bradford, at a hiring 'rate of £20 per vehicle per month, the vehicles have been 'taken to Yorkshire and are now in service.
Mr. G. R, Tatta,m, general manager of the Bradford undertaking, explained to a correspondent that in defence areas such as Southend the evacuation of part of the population has rendered proportion of the public-service vehicles redundant. The hiring of such vehicles, he said, eased the position of the owning authority and helped other undertakings which needed vehicles, hut were faced with supply difficulties. The vehicles from Southend, for example, had provided a welcome addition to the carrying capacity on certain routes where they had taken the place of single-deck trolleylauses.
Hiring arrangements have been made between quite a number of undertakings under similar circumstances, stated Mr. Tattam.
PORTSMOUTH'S FARES APPLICATION
PORTSMOUTH Transport Committee L has made application to the Ministry of Transport and to the Regional Transport Commissioner for consent to the abolition of all Id, fares on the passenger transport undertaking. It proposes the institution of a mini, mum fare of lid, until the termination of the present emergency.
GLASGOW AND POWERS TO MAKE BUS BODIES T Glasgow the corporation Parlia mentary committee has considered the question of seeking powers to manufacture bodies for buses and trolley vehicles, but cannot recommend seeking such powers at the moment.
GREATER INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY BENEFITS SUNDERLAND
FURTHER details are available regarding the results of Sunderland Corporation's bus undertaking during the year ended March 31 last. The report of the transport manager, Mr. C. A. Hopkins, states that the net balance amounted to £3,080, compared with £64313 in the previous year. There were increases on all routes in the number of passengers carried, but on six routes there were decreased mileages due to curtailment of services in the evenings.
Greater industrial activity locally had a beneficial effect on the undertaking's traffic. Operating costs rose from 8.978d. to 9.479d. per bus-mile, but this was " by no means the end of the story." Receipts at £70,840, number of passengers carried at 14,058,411, and miles run at 1,373,762 were the highest figures since the undertaking commenced in 1928. The average number of vehicles in use daily was 34. Each vehicle covered an average of 110 miles daily.
The total capital expenditure on the undertaking was £84,293. Working expenses amounted to £55,892, whilst £10,940 was set aside for depreciation of vehicles. • Borrowing powers exercised amounted to £17,337, whilst unexhausted borrowing powers amounted to £10,000, HIGHER FARES DEFERRED
SHEFFIELD Transport Committee, which has been considering the question of increasing bus and tram fares, has adjourned the matter for three months, in view of a general improvement in receipts.
LEICESTER'S NEW STATION
LEICESTER Watch Committee has received notification to the effect that the municipal bus station in Abbey Street is now ready for use. Application has been made to the Ministry of Transport for permission to put the
building into operation.
PLEBISCITE FOR BUS SERVICE
LAN.ARKSHIRE village of Carmyle La has decided to request Glasgow Transport Department to run a bus service into the village. The plebiscite contains the signatures of 75 per cent. of the population, The Ratepayers' Association is drawing up its case for the fight and is supported by Mr. James Welsh, M.P., and Councillor Adam M. Mark, J.P.
PLAN FOR BUS PARCELS SERVICE
SUBJECT to the Regional Transport Commissioner's approval, a parcelcarrying service is to be introduced on Nottingham Corporation passenger vehicles. The proposal is that parcels, up to a maximum weight of 56 lb., shall be carried anywhere on the department's services. The charges will range from id. to a maximum of Sd. Parcels will be placed on vehicles by the senders, who will use stamps purchased
beforehand. Parcels • will not be delivered.
NEWCASTLE'S NEW TROLLEYBUS ROUTE KTEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE Transport
and Electricity Committee is to prok vide an alternative trolleybus route, along Albion Row, to connect Shields Road and City Road. The distance is about half a mile and the cost of overhead equipment will be £650. The work will be carried out by the transport department and all necessary materials will be drawn from stock. The sanction of the Ministry of Transport is to be sought.
NO FARES CONCESSIONS FOR FORCES AT BRADFORD
SUGGESTIONS by the Bradford Cooperative Party that members of the -Forces travelling on Bradford Corporation, passenger vehicles should be granted a fares concession, was rejected by the passenger transport committee, a few days ago. The point made recently, when the committee turned down the idea of free travel for Service men was reiterated—that the passenger transport department is expending a considerable sum in augmenting the pay of its employees who are serving in the Forces.