NEW LANCASHIRE BOARD PLAN
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wILL the scheme for the establishWV ment of a municipal passengertransport board in south-east Lancashire and Cheshire be rekived? This question is reopened by a decision to hold a conference of interested authorities next month. A meeting on the subject took place in Manchester last Prid ay.
Invitations are to be sent to the transport authorities of Ashton, Bolton, Bury, Leigh, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stalybridge and Hyde, Stockport and Wigan, as well as to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., Lancashire United Transport and Power Co., and the railways.
BLACKPOOL-LYTHAM
CO-ORDINATION APPROVED. DOWERS to run co-ordinated bus 1 services, instead of trams, between Blackpool and Lytham St. Anne's, were granted, last week, by the NorthWestern Traffic Commissioners to the
respective corporations. Lytham St. Anne's Corporation was also given permission to replace its present tramways by bus services.
After Mr. W. Luff, Blackpool's transport manager, had explained the conditions of the joint working agreement which had been drawn up, Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman of the Commissioners, expressed his conviction that the scheme would be of great benefit to the public and the councils.
" SALOPIA'S " NEW INTEREST. MEDNESDAY'S list of applications VV for hearing by the West Midland Traffic Commissioners, at Shrewsbury, contained one by Messrs. J. R. Richards and Sons (Salopia Saloon Coaches), Whitchurch, for the " transfer " of licences held by Mr. A. Huntbach (Britannia Motor Services), 13ronington, Whitchurch.
Since December 1, Messrs. Richards have been operating Mr. Huntbach's stage services to Market Drayton and Ellesmere, and services into Whitchurch from Bettisfield, Bronington, Calverhall, etc., under a short-period licence. There was no opposition to the grant of the full-term licence.
PASSENGERS DO NOT WANT LIGHTS.
WHEN bus drivers were summoned at Caergwrle Sessions, last week, for not maintaining interior lights on their vehicles, there was submitted to the bench a petition signed by over
100 passengers. All the signatories were colliers employed at the Llay Main local mine. The petition read:—
The Flintshire Constabulary stonned our buses, which were carrying colliers'to Liar Main Colliery. We were stomped for being without inside lights and we colliers are signing this petition as the truth that it was a request from us that the lights should be rout out during the time we are travelling home at night, All the miners in the bus pointed out to the constable that, as they are working in artificiA lights for nine hours. they find the lights of the bus glaring to their oyes."
It was essential under the Road Traffic Act, said the prosecution, that
the interior of vehicles should be lighted. If the present lights affected colliers, diffused lights should be installed.
The bus drivers gave undertakings that they would equip vehicles with different lights. All the cases were dismissed on payment of costs.
THREE TRAM ROUTES TO GO.
IT is expected that buses will-replace trams on Birmingham Corporation's Stratford Road, Warwick Road and Stoney Lane routes on January 6. About 75 buses will be required.
HASTINGS PURCHASE MOVE.
HASTINGS CORPORATION is, it is 'understood, to seek Parliamentary sanction to the purchase, •" in certain circumstances," of the Hastings Tramways Co., which is controlled by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd.
TUNNEL DISPUTE ON APPEAL.
ALREADY unreasonably protracted, the Mersey Tunnel bus dispute is to be carried a stage further. Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., and Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., are jointly appealing against the North Western Traffic Commissioners' refusal to allow them to operate a joint service from Southport to Chester, via the tunnel.
NEW STATION FOR SEVENOAKS. rONSTRUCT1ON of a modern coach
and bus station at Bligh's Meadow, Sevenoaks, began on Monday. A singlestorey building, containing waiting rooms, restaurant, telephones and lavatories, is being erected. The bus stand, 2,600 yds. in area, is beside the present public car park.
The new station will be served by London Transport's country buses and Green Line coaches, and by coaches of the West Kent and the Maidstone and District companies.
ANOTHER 50 BUSES FOR DUBLIN.
COMPONENTS for 50 chassis, which will be erected in the Irish Free State, have been ordered from Leyland Motors, Ltd., by Dublin United Tramways (1896), Ltd. Thirty-five of the chassis will he Titan double-deckers and the others Lion single-deckers, similar to the 76 previously ordered during the current year. All the vehicles will be equipped with Leyland oil engines.
NEW SEATING REGULATIONS.
UNDER the Hackney Motor Vehicles (Seating Capacity) Amendment Regulations, 1936, paragraph 2 of Regulation 3 of the Hackney Motor Vehicles (Seating Capacity) Regulations, 1927, will be deleted as from January 1 next.
The omitted provision states that where the deck space or a substantial part of it is available for the accommodation of passengers, but is not fitted with permanent seats, the seating capacity of the vehicle shall be determined as if the available space were equipped with continuous seats affording reasonable comfort.
The Amendment Regulations are published by the Stationery Office.