Passenger Transport Year Book
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1962 edition of the Passenger Transport Year Book has now appeared. It is published by Berrow's International Publications, Ltd., 64 Fleet Street, London, E.C.4, at 21s., or 23s. postage paid.
This book has the advantage of being long established, with the comprehensive coverage that tends to result from each edition being based on the previous one. In this case the format is almost identical with that of the 1961 edition but the contents have been extensively revised. It is slightly unfortunate that publication has been delayed as a consequence of a change of publishers, so that changes which have taken place in the past few months are not recorded. Quite a number of the entries in the overseas operators' section have also not been revised for this edition, although those that have are clearly marked.
Despite these minor shortcomings, the book is very good value for money. It includes brief details of all the major British municipal and company p.s.v. operators, and a very comprehensive section covering independent concerns listed under counties. It is perhaps the latter that is the most valuable feature of this volume. Entries are made under official titles, with cross-references under fleet names, and this is generally repeated in the alphabetical index to British operators. Oddly, however, fleet names of major operators are not included, so that no entry appears under Midland Red, for example.
Apart from ,the directory of p.s.v. operators, there is one of manufacturers of vehicles and equipment, and a review of some British and foreign manufacturers and •their products, although the latter has one or two curious omissions. A statistical section includes useful lists of operators in descending order of size.