lITISH RAIL'S latest alteration to its fares structure is idoubtedly a direct result of the de-regulation of bus ensing...

E GOVERNMENT has proposed an increase in the maximum rmitted gross vehicle weight from the present 32.5 tonnes to 40 Ines,...

E WHITE PAPER won a "whoDarted" welcome from the id Haulage Association, and Freight Transport AssociaI said that the whole...

ALMOST UNIVERSAL criticism faced David Howell when he announced his proposals in the Commons on Tuesday, with only one...

They also offered to increase , ernight subsistence by 75p to 0.25, and offered to increase e annual holiday entitlement four...

3MBINED transport delopments are on the agenda r this month's EEC Transport ouncil meeting in Brussels. Lord Privy Seal...

THE TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union wants a joint industrial council to be established for its members in the North-west...

THE PROSPECTS of peace in th oil tanker drivers' pay talk looked more elusive than eve as we closed to press this weel with...

ITISH STEEL'S £3,800m Eurorte Channel link would be fined from the private and pubsectors, according to BSC airman Ian...

PRESTON-based Foster Tachographs have launched a low-key tachograph analysis service, Randomcheck, in time for the December 31...

PICKFORDS Heavy Haulage Ltd has changed its name to Pickfords Industrial Ltd to reflect the range of services it can now offer...

HERTZ is pulling out of the British van rental and contract hire market again, and has sold its entire contract hire business...

HE EUROPEAN Commission now calculates that customs delays o lorries at Common Market borders are now costing E500 million a...

NEW TACHOGRAPH analysis ervice has been introduced by oster (Tachographs) Ltd of 'reston. It has been developed y discussion...

A LABOUR plea for measures to lorries has been snubbed by the Go Opposition Environment spokesman, Gordon Oakes, called for...

THE MANAGING director Dunkirk Dismantling Demo tions Ltd, Mr W. Hopkinsc qualified for a certificate of pi fessional competence...

INCREASE in the penalty for t-and-run drivers has been imemented by Transport Secrery David Howell, The maximum fine for...

A MAJOR national publicity campaign has been launched to comba drinking and driving. The campaign, costing 01.25m and...

A LAST-MINUTE decision by the Road Haulage Association to drop its opposition has led to the grant of a new standard national...

£5.9m contract for engileering works in Ealing, West _ondon has been won by :ementation Construction Ltd. rhe work concerns the...

AN INCREASE of nine per ce on basic rates and bon payments has been agreed 1 drivers and warehouse work' at International...

ON INTERNATIONAL Ltd, the friction material manufacturer, is tlebrating its centenary year and giving its customers an early...

iNLOP is offering operators Isters which give a guide to chographs and the law. Part of e Usercare service, they are ailable...

K001 BV. the fork lift truck manufacturer of Vrouwenparochie, Holland has developed a fork lift truck attachment which allows...

PRODUCTION of vans at tl Daimler-Benz Dusseldorf facto recently topped the 500,01 mark. More than half of these ha , been...

WEST MIDLANDS County Fire Service has completed a threeyear trial of automatic chassis lubrication systems and has opted for...

QUINTON HAZELL Ltd has produced a new short-leg version of the Underider, designed to simplify installation. It is claimed to...

RUBERY Owen-Rockwell L has issued a new servi manual, and two new parts Ii: to cover TM and U Series axle: The useful 48-page...

THE PUBLIC should be fully aware of the effects of public transport plans, according to the Welsh Consumer Council which has...

A DAILY municipal bus servic between Edinburgh and Londo should be set up, Lothian RI gion's transportation commi tee was told...

n a straitjacket, opposition transport spokesman Albert Booth iaimed in the House of Commons last week. He was speaking during...

4TIONAL BUS could make ige savings if it bought engiered coaches, a Conservative ick-bench MP claimed in the use of Commons...

THE FIRST of three Alder Valley Leyland Nationals, specially adapted to carry wheelchairs, was unveiled in London this week by...

INDEPENDENT OPERATOR J. H. Wolliscroft and Son Ltd of Darle Dale has been granted a psv operators' licence for 11 single decker...

THE TRANSPORT Departme does not keep records of ti movement of fare prices for lor distance coach journeys. Stating this in...

ERSEYSIDE Passenger Transport Executive lost £24.44m on its rectly-operated bus ferry services in 1980/81. Buses cost £52.2m...

NATIONAL BUS Company sut sidiary Alder Valley's recentl re-developed maintenance an engineering complex a Bracknell has been...

■ 1 AN UNEXPECTED move, oadliroe UK managing director rthur Smith resigned last week e personal reasons, and was !placed by...

7 .OLLOWING the closure of :ord . 's Amsterdam factory, legotiations are proceeding Nith Sandbach Engineering ompany with a...

RENAULT VEHICULES Indi ries and Mack are consider moving into the South Ami can market with the Blainvi built MS200 and MS300...

THE RENAULT Military vehicle designated TRM 2000 will guarantee working for 10 years at the company's Blainville factory. The...

my of your readers are buying uv commercial vehicles at the :sent moment they might be ninded, as I was recently, of regulation...

lEAD with interest the (cellent article, "Watch your el system — be ready for bad eather" by Mr G. Montgomerie October 31)....

CONTRARY to the news about innovative windshield replacement and credit control services recently introduced for transport...

WITH LEGISLATION regarding the marking of hazardous goods in road transport now imminent, may I remind your readership of the...

IF YOU are a lover of old, or for that matter, new Scottish buses, then Glasgow Bus Scene, (XS Publications, £2 including...

NO NAME in the field of guidebooks is as famous as tha of Baedeker; the first one was published over 150 years ago. Baedeker's...

NHO left a list of the Queen's 3ngagements on a London )us? Even Harold Welling, who las just retired after 23 years in _ondon...

BETTY HYDE and her 100 colleagues at London Transport's travel information centre answer an average of up to 3,500 telephone...

Anxiety neurosis must have prompted: "If a bus falls in the river, will it float?" Slave of the hot stove: "Is there a hold-up...

sporting a male chauvinist pig tie. Now Aberdeen taxi drivers have fallen foul of the local police for not wearing ties at all....

A TWO-WEEK English folk dance and song show in 12 theatres in the south of England is to be sponsored next April by National...

IS THERE a coach operator or a consortium who would like to build an hotel or motel in the beautiful Northumberland national...

the Portuguese shrine of Fatima, said that on the returr journey the driver closed his eyes and took his hands off th steering...

EVERYONE was careful not to rock the boat when Townsend Thoresen's European Enterpri brought 800,000 bottles of Beaujolais...

stately home told me that at a refreshment stop on the way home she pal E1.52 for two cups of coffee and two custard tarts....

People serving people is Eddie Olsen's concept, and it is one that has brought expansion and success. By Noel Millier. DIE...

me in the evening Mike did t stop the right coach when fleet rapidly picked up at ndon Bridge. However, a Dne call to Olsens...

Neoplan and Setra, two well established West German coach manufacturers are launching their models in the UK. Noel Millier...

in a roll-over accident was defectively designed has raised a number ol questions about structure of lorries and passenger...

VHEN the Government first pro}osed to free the bus industry ram some of the fetters of the 930 Road Traffic Act, the reiction...

Our Passenger Transport Editor tells of the many difficulties overcome in converting a Bristol RELL to carry wheelchair...

NHAT SEEMS the inevitable end )f the present area organisation Nithin the Road Haulage 4ssociation ought not to be 31lowed to...

For a mere £400 spent on latest technology a municipal operator has smoothed gearchanges on an Atlantean and believes it has...

Now Russell Wallace averages 1,000 tests a year. He recounts to Jack Barfoot his experiences in driver training JSSELL WALLACE...

Noel Millier finds a viable independent that survives in the rural areas others fear to serve LATIAL HOUSES, narrow es and...

take full advantage of bus ant and opportunity purases. The fleet is modern with ist of the buses and coaches service under...

A new government act, to be made law next May, will have a major effect on employee rights and employer obligations in company...

REPCO range of garage ipment has been extended in addition to wheel incers, tyre changers, wheel nment and crash repair :ems,...

H.P. Andersen 625HD ,y-duty turntable is designed commodate axle loads of o eight tonnes; the tables are ideal for use , re cv...

A NEW GENERATION of fare collection equipment, Autofare 3, from Control Systems, features single-key ticket issuing for popular...

A PETROL-DRIVEN highpressure cleaner, the HD1000BR, has been added to the range of cleaning equipment produced by Karcher. For...

LAYCOCK ENGINEERING'S garage equipment division has reversed its decision to drop the Kismet KBT 1300 brake tester from the...

IRMO KONG CM's staff travels the world to examine transport operation and report back. This is Noel Millier's report from Hong...

Noel Millier test drives the rear-engined Bova luxury coach on the tough CM Scottish circuit and makes some interesting...