Hauliers Spur the Railways
13th February 1959, Page 49
13th February 1959
Page 49
Page 49, 13th February 1959
— Hauliers Spur the Railways
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Transport In The United Kingdom, British Rail, London Midland Region Of British Railways, United Kingdom, Salter Report, Hospitality / Recreation, Business / Finance
THE spur of free-enterprise road haulage had caused the London Midland Region of British Railways to streamline their freight services, Mr. A. E. Drain, chairman of the Metropolitan and South Eastern Area of the Road Haulage Association, suggested at North London Sub-area's dinner at Hendon last Saturday.
The key to the railways' plan was more efficient door-to-door service, which hauliers had been giving British industry for many years, he said. Six years after private operators had bought back their fleets from British Road Services, the railways were at last starting a determined modernization plan to establish faith in their reliability.