REACTION to a House of Commons Select Committee report on Nationalised Industries, has thrown up accusations that British Rail...

walks now endorsed IIANGES in Road Haulage Lssociation policy to enable it o negotiate pay and condiIons for drivers with the...

surplus British Rail's annual report published this week shows the railways have already set about improvements detailed by...

boy tactics' SHADOW transport minister Norman Fowler MP has written to Transport Minister, William Rodgers, urging him to...

PROSPECTS for Leyland's B15 "superbus" faded still further this week as orders for Metro-Cammell Weymann's Metrobus flowed in...

REGULATIONS for the licensing and setting up of tachograpl calibration centres have been put before Parliament 13: Transport...

MAZDA Car Imports (GB) Ltd of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, is to bring out a replacement for ItsB1600 purpose-built 1-ton pick-up...

BRITISH Rail continued its opposition to special cheap-fare express coach services for students, when National Travel (West)...

the staff of the International Road Transport Union (IRU), at the IRU meeting in Budapest, last week, is to be re-debated on...

ENT RECOVERY operator lavid Rackham, has said he rill appeal if he loses an unfair ismissal case heard at Ash)rd, Kent, last...

1, NEW code for drivers with ugh loads has been issued by the Department of Transport, manning the horrific conseluences of an...

A SLOW rise in the output of British industry could lead to a gradual improvement in the levels of freight being carried on...

IT IS completely uneconomic for tipper vehicles operating on-site up to 50 miles from base to be brought in for inspection more...

VEHICLE stability under braking has improved for new lorries coming onto Europe's roads since the introduction of EEC directive...

MEMBERS of the Road Haulage Association who gathered in London to take part in the RHA annual dinner sat bemused as they...

HIGHER CHARGES for bodybuilding and vehicle repairs was the main topic for discussion at the annual conference of the Vehicle...

SARAMAT, said to be the largest haulage fleet in Saudi Arabia, has gone into action with 400 12m trailers and 80 Volvo F89...

OXFORDSHIRE County Councils' rural transport policies have finally, after a 14-day hearing and deliberations lasting nearly...

LONDON COUNTRY Bus Services have just received the first Duple Dominant II coach for Green Line services. The AEC Reliance...

AFTER a year of economies which reduced its bus fleet from 4304 to 4134 the Scottish Transport Group made an operating surplus...

A SURVEY just published by the National Bus Company on 12 experimental schemes involving fare reductions draws only vague...

A DIRECT express coach service between Scotland and the holiday resorts in North Wales is to be offered jointly by Western SMT...

PLAXTON Coach Builders (Scarborough) has announced in its financial report first half profits boosted to £357,000 from a...

THE final section of the Runcorn Busway, seven miles of which was opened in 1971, will be in operation from Sunday, May 22....

for UK market TWO MODELS are being added to the Magirus Deutz range of commercial vehicles in the UK this week. They are the...

A new concept for preventing explosions with highly inflammable liquids has been developed by the Expanded Metal Company....

A UNIQUE application of "bottomless" swop bodies in use at a Hamburg brewery has enabled turn round of distribution vehicles to...

THE West Midlands Fire Service has received the first of the new Hestair Dennis R133 fire appliances. The vehicle, claimed to...

urges more tax and let rail carry more freight HEAVY goods vehicle operators face yet more taxation if the House of Commons...

CM's exclusive test run proves it's safe at this A DOUBLE TRAILER outfit can be operated at 50mph with perfect safety, as our...

ECONOMY OF OPERATION: this was the theme for this year's annual conference of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers held at...

ni c ks MANY of the manufacturers were representated via their local dealers — usual at the I RTE conference. One such dealer...

I hear that the LDoY committee is looking around for a new venue for the 1978 final. It's not generally known, but the...

Shop... By the way, there's no substance in the tale that the RHA in the West Midlands has acquired an operator's licence or...

What was a car transporter delivering Vauxhalls to Harwich doing with a sticker across the trailer telling the world "Bedford...

I have been reading a speech by Robert A. Kaye, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, US Department of Transportation, in which he...

AT BEST an urban delivery van has a good turning circle, a square box-shaped cargo area with few intrusions, easy access to the...

MITCHELL Cotts Transport has been facing mixed trading conditions, but its financial results showed an improving trend. For...

MECHANICAL engineering, as was proved by the great George Stephenson of Darlington to Stockton fame, is largely common sense....

MOST PEOPLE are happy to settle for what they have rather than work harder to get more, says a recent survey. The spirit rather...