Barton Service to Stay. Outside Bus Station
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THE East Midland Licensing Author" ity decided last week not. to go forward with a proposal to .vary the conditions of a road service licence held by Barton Transport, Ltd.
In April, Barton Transport were authorized to re-route their MeltonAsfordby service to avoid the bus siation in Melton. Instead, passengers on this service were permitted to board and alight from buses in Wilton Road, the main thoroughfare adjoining the station.
Melton Mowbray Urban District Council objected to the variation on the ground that buses parking in Wilton Road 'would constitute a potential traffic danger. Wilton Road was a restricted non-parking area.
The objection was first considered at a public inquiry in Nottingham on July 3. At the resumed hearing at Melton Mowbray last week, police evidence supported the company's claim that buses entering and leaving the bus station carried out a "difficult and dangerous manceuvre" because they had to cross both lines of traffic.
ROTHERHAM EXPECT BETTER YEAR
BETTER financial results are expected by Rotherham Transport Department during the current year, the general manager, Mr. I. 0. Fisher. stated in his annual report.
With additional revenue from higher fares, and anticipated benefits from the conversion of a number of single-deck trolleybuses to doublc-deckers, they would be able to meet their responsibilities in full, he said.
Ira the past year, the number of passengers carried on motorbuses increased by 700,000 to just over 44m., the number of passengers on trolleybuses being 16.9m. That was 346,000 fewer than in the previous year, due to the discontinuance of the. Maltby route.
METALASTIK DAMPER
A TRANSMISSION damper has been ti developed by Metalastik, Ltd., Evington Valley Road, Leicester, to prevent gearbox noise caused when vehicles are driven at low speed in top gear. The device consists of an outer inertia ring separated from an inner ring by four circular bonded rubber springs. The inner ring is attached to the gearbox
coupling flange by eight bolts. No adjustment is required and the makers state that damping characteristics remain constant in service.
NEW CLOTH FOR TRANSPORT ANEW type of flax cloth specifically designed for transport work has been developed by Francis Webster and Sons, Ltd., Arbroath. Its weave is different from that of traditional canvas. The makers claim greater flexibility and better waterproofing. Other features are lightness, pliability and a good resistance to abrasion and tearing.