PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL
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Notes on a Variety of Aspects of Coach and Bus Travel LINKING LONDON'S COACH STATIONS.
How London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., Has Arranged Across. London Service for Through Coach-passengers.
M HE linking tip of the London ter mini of long-distance coach services which connect the Metropolis with towns in the north and south of England naturally means much to the comfort of through travellers, as we pointed out in a short article which appeared in our issue dated November 26th.
Such an arrangement has been made by one of the leading coach-station proprietors of the capital, namely, London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., of Lupus Street, Victoria, SAVA, and the scheme has been greatly appreciated by road passengers since its inauguration on October 1st. The company has a large coach station conveniently located near to this Victoria terminus of the Southern Railway, and it deals with a vast amonnt of daily traffic, principally with the south-coast resorts between Kent and Cornvvall. Passengers making long journeys between these places and the north of England and Scotland can now be picked up or set down at the Lupus Street station by the coaches which are operated jointly between London and the north by Messrs. Orange Brothers, of Bedlington, United Automobile Services, Ltd., and Scottish Motor Traction, Ltd.
The morning coach for the north leaves Lupus Street at 7.30 a.m. and the evening coach at S p.m. They call at the head office of London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., at 7 Lower Belgiave Street, S.W.1, and proceed thence to King's Cross, Ni. After a brief halt there they set off for the north. The coaches arriving from Newcastle also proceed to the Lupus Street station.
By a similar arrangement, the Man
chester-London coaches of the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., and the Birmingham-London vehicles of the Birmingham and Midland Omnibus Co., Ltd., travel through 'to the Lupus Street station so that passengers may be set down there, taking a light meal, if they so wish, in the refreshment-room provided before leaving by coach for some southern destination.
Talking to Mr. L. M. Turnham, the manager of the Lupus Street station, the other day, we learned that, by a new arrangement just completed, passengers coming , to London from Ipswich, Colchester, etc., by coaches of the Eastern Counties Road Car Co., Ltd., may, if they find it more convenient, return by train. The London and North Eastern Railway Co. is willing to accept the return halves of tickets issued by this coaching concern plus a slight charge for the rail journey back to Ipswich or Colchester.