RESULTS OF SWISS BUS OPERATION.
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Some Details Relating to the Municipal Services which are Run in Zurich.
IN a recent issue we mentioned that a beginning had been made with the running of motorbuses in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, in conjunction
with the municipal tramways. A fleet of six single-deekers was put into operation on August 8th last year and, by the courtesy of the director of the Zurich municipal tramway undertaking, we are now able to give some details of the results obtained up to the end of March last, i.e., a period of 33 weeks.
The number of passengers carried was 185,770 in the quarter ending with September last, 264,715 in the full October-December quarter, and 266,305 in the first quarter of the current year, a total of 716,790 passengers for the complete 33 weeks. The total vehiclemileage for the whole of the period under review was 121,163, equal to approximately 5.92 passengers per busmile.
The receipts during the 33 weeks amounted • to .f43,802 or approximately 2.235d. per passenger and 13.4d. per busmile. When the service was inaugurated it was not expected, in view of the low fares charged, that it would prove a profit-earning proposition, the running costs, including all charges, being estimated at approximately 1s. 8d. per busmile. Although the returns show that a loss is being sustained, this will doubtless be reduced as the advantages of the buses are better appreciated by the