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Passenger Transport
MBE new coach station, in Bucking,' ham Palace Road, S.W.1, of London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., will be opened next Thursday (March 10th) by Mr. P. J. Pybus, dm Minister of Transport. The premises, which are amongst the most modern of their kind in the country, cover an area of 1i acre and have involved a total expenditure of over £300,000.
The station occupies a corner site, facing on to Buckingham Palace Road and Elizabeth Street, and the building itself is laid out along these two thoroughfares, thus forming an L. The coaches are accommodated in a large yard, enclosed on two sides by the building, where about 80 vehicles can be dealt with at a time. They enter from Buckingham Palace Road and set down their passengers at a covered . platform near this entrance and extending along the west wall.
If they have at once to pick up passengers, they draw up at bays which are marked out by yellow lines running east and West. The loading area is under cover,, but the rest of the yard, which contains three 3,000-gallon petrol tanks and two inspection pits, is open. Thus there is no likelihttod of obnoxious exhaust gases interfering with users of the station. There are 16 bays in the covered section.
The coaches leave by the Elizabeth 'Street gateway. Those that have to . wait for up to three-quarters of an hour are parked at the new station, but vehicles which will not be required for a longer period than that are transferred to Lupus Street until the time of colleting passengers arrives, when they return to Buckingham Palace Road. The main passenger entrance is on the corner, whilst there are subsidiary 756 doorways close at hand. The main entrance opens on to the extensive and handsomely appointed booking office, the decoration of which has cost several thousands of pounds. On each side of the door is a kiosk, and facing it is the long counter used by the booking clerks. Thure is a separate inauiry office, so that the work of the booking officials is facilitated and speeded up.
On the ground floor are also the leftluggage bureau, a cafeteria and shops, as well as the inspectors' offices, one which is set away from the main building, beside the entrance for the coaches. A mezzanine floor, between the ground and first floors, stretches along each wing of the premises from the booking hall, the ceiling of which is the floor of the first storey. This intermediate
storey is used for storage and, if a licence can 'be obtained, will house a buffet.
The company's general offices, chart room, restaurant and drivers' temporary canteen occupy the first floor, above which are three -storeys intended to be et out as offices. For the convenience of passengers there are three lifts. The building is centrally heated from two oil-fed furnaces of the latest pattern, which are housed in the basement along with a boiler for heating the water for domestic use.
.Frorn. next Thursday the Lupus Street station will be discontinued for passenger work, but it will remain in commission as a parking ground until the end of the forthcoming season. Special permission has been obtained to run coaches between Lupus Street and Buckingham Palace Road for the convenience of passengers who go by mistake to the former station.