1.U.R. Plan Restriction on Roads
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ESTR1CTION of Aand B-licence • holders to certain areas and strict ltrol of C-licence transport are proJed by the National Union of Railwayn in a plan • for the co-ordination of d and rail, issued last week. icensees would be restricted as to ius, and would have to prove need. rhe aim is to control long-distance liege by C-licence vehicles. Special mption would be granted to shortlance and light vehicles owned by 'Mary users. C-licence operators would be allowed to do long-distance work so long as it did not conflict with the efficient use of national resources.
The bulk of long-distance general traffic would go by rail, but hauliers would be allowed a limited sphere of operations.
The Union called for interest-free Government loans to finance the modernization of the railways. Responsibility for paying interest on the original compensation stock should, they said, not be borne entirely by the British Transport Commission.