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DERBY AND BURTON AS BUS CENTRES.

6th November 1928
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Many Small Concerns as well as Large Undertakings Providing Transport Facilities in Two Important Provincial Towns.

T" the of motorbus services

in e Derby and Burton-on-Trent areas has proved of imir nose benefit to the rural districts around these boroughs, -as well as to the towns people and those residing in sulnirbs who require transporting daily to and from their homes. Derby has a Population of '133,000, whiliit that of Burton-on-Trent is MAIL' the 50,000 mark. .

The corporation bus services at Derby are only just developing, for, although 'the municipal authorities hare held the necessary powers to maintain such a service within the borough since J901, it 'wail not until 10 years later that a short experimental route was opened. At that : time ' two Edison battery-electric 20-seaters were put into use, but -these now been replaced. r The present fleet of buses consiste of 12 Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric machines with seating capacities for from 20 to 430 passengers, the latest additions . having rear-entrance-type saloon bodies built by the Brush Elsetrieal Engineering Co., Ltd., of Loughborough.

Although only four local routes are in operation at Derby, the corporation obtained extended powers in 1913 and again in 1927, when sanction to run beyond the borough boundaries was obtained.

Although a much smaller town, Burton-on-Trent has a larger municipal, bus fleet than Derby, the total number of vehicles in use being 25. The routes served by the corpOration buses are all of a local nature,, and the whole fleet has been standardied en Guy four-wheeled vehicles, all of the f tontentrance, one-man-operated . type, :seating from 20 to 2(3 passengers.

'no . tramways department of this borough has, since .1016, been authorized to utilig,e motorbiiSes in connection with the tramways system, but the first service was not inaugurated until

May, 1924. . . .

At both the towns with which we are dealing there are large but undertakings operating services, as well as several smaller proprietors, in addition to those who only ,awm two' or :three vehicles, anti, consNuently, competition is extremely keen on nearly all routes.

The Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd.. which has its headquarters at Derby, has established a bus station in the town, and with a fleet of vehicles which numbers over 150 serves Burton-onTrent and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Nottingham, Matlock, Alfreton, Ilkeston, Mansfield, Loughborough, Ashbourne and Ettoxeter. The greater portion of this company's buses are S.O.S. 32-seater or 37-seater front-entrance saloons, with Brush bodies. There are also a few C.M.-type Daimlers, d-type Thornycrofts and Tilling Stevens petrolelectric machines in the fleet, some of the last-named being flexible-deckers seating 46 passengers.

The Pride of the Peak Motor Service Co. maintain an hourly schedule between Derby and Castle Donnington. The headquarters of this concern are situated in London Road, Derby, from which their buses start. Vulcan, Daimler and Lancia 20-26-seater buses are employed.

A. bus undertaking which has come into considerable prominence in parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is Barton Transport, Ltd., of Beeston, and its vehicles, which are largely Laneias (With the Barton 6-wheeled attachment), run every 15 minutes between Nottingham and Derby, via Leong Eaton.

Higgs and Waller, Ltd., of Melbourne, maintains a frequent service into Derby with Associated Daimler saloons, whilst an hourly service to Ashbourne is provided by Bayliss's Motor Bus Service whose fleet includes Albion 32-seater vehicles. • Quite a number of other proprietors also ply for hire into the borough, tezd the Dennis G-type 20-seater and Chevrolet 14-seater are greatly in evidence.

Apart from the Trent buses end

those municipally owned, a number of the Midland " Bed " routes start front Burton-on-Trent and Ashby-de-laZouch. Leicester, Coalville, Loughborough, Tainworth and Birmingham are all provided with regular services.

Amongst smaller undertakings running into the town may be mentioned Mr. S. Stevenson's buses (of tittoxeter), who Maintains a daily service between these two towns with Bristol 32-seaters and Reo 26-seaters.

Another firm, Messrs. Tailby and George, of Renton, operate an hourly service between Derby and Burton, with Halley 26-seaters.


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