PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.
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The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World.
AN ATTRACTIVE COACH, RAIL AND STEAMER TOUR.
Details of one of a Series of Tours Organized by a Railway Company in Conjunction with Local Coach Owners.
SOME weeks ago we published details of a number of successful combined rail and road tours which are being operated in the North of England by the London and North Eastern Railway Co., in conjunction with local motor coach proprietors, and another tour, along similar but more elaborate lines, which has proved extremely popular this year, is well worthy of description This is the whole-day combined rail-road-steamer excursion to the Lake District, which was introduced last season as an experimental measure, and which has more than justified its continuance during the present summer. The tour has, in particular, appealed to the° organizers of large parties, such.as local Chambers of Trade and for the outing of works and business houses. This fact can be readily understood when one considers the range of scenery embraced by the tour, the variety provided by the utilization of the three modes• of travel, and last, but by no means least, the fact that travellers are spared the need for making wearisome advance arrangements, for these are undertaken by the railway company immediately upon receipt of an order for the booking of the requisite number of tickets.
Whilst the primary object of making the first part of the journey—to Pen • rith—by rail is in order to transport passengers with-all possible speed away from • their everyday surroundings, in this particular instance this portion of the tour is by no means the least enjoyable, for the runs from both Newcastle and Darlington—which respectively act as the starting-points for passengers from Tyneside and Tees-side—are most attractive.
From Penrith the trip is continued under the organization of the Tills-water Navigation and Transport Co., who have
taken every care to ensure that patrons see all that is most charming and beautiful on Lake Ullswater. From Penrith passengers are earlveyed by motor coach to Pooley Bridge, the. drivebeing an extremely pleasing one. At the latter place the steamer is boarded and the journey continued along the entire length of the lake. A short halt is made at liowtown, which is popularly regarded as the prettiest spot on Tlllswater, following which the trip
• is resumed, and passengers are landed at Glenridding at the south end of the lake. Here they are at liberty to exFiore the delights of Patterdale and the surrounding countryside, from which place a capital view can be obtained of Helvellyn towering in the distence. Care is taken in the arrangement of the return journey to allow Penrith to be reached in time for passengers to • catch connecting trains.
Through bookings are available for -the tour from upwards of 40 stations in . the north country, and the excursion is undoubtedly. one of the most attractive combined outings in the neighbourhood. Fares, of course, vary according to the place of departure, but in all cases they are extremely moderate. From Newcastle the through return fare is Ills. 6d.. and from Darlington 11s. 10d.