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Length Limit Holds Up Replacement

13th May 1955, Page 35
13th May 1955
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Page 35, 13th May 1955 — Length Limit Holds Up Replacement
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Keywords : Wool, Yorkshire Traction

rONT IN U A N CE of the limit of 27

ft. on the length of double-deckers is hampering design and beginning to hold up replacement programmes. The regulations must eventually be altered and operators hesitate to order buses to the present dimensions, knowing that they will be out of date when the permitted length is increased.

This was stated on Wednesday by Mr. R. W. Birch, chairman, at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd.

Because of the continued prosperity in South Yorkshire, the company carried lm, more passengers last year than in the previous 12 months, the total being 8Im.

The January wage increase would cost the company £50,000 in a full year. Total additions to cost amounted to £60,000. An application to increase revenue by £51,000• a year had been made, but because of the time lag before the announcement of a decision, the company would lose £20,000 of the benefit this year.

Yorkshire Traction fares were, on average, only a third higher than before the war.

I7s. 2d. ONE WAY, 8s. THE OTHER WHY should a bale of wool weighing cwt. be carried for 17s. 2d. from Dalry to Bradford, but 8s. in the reverse direction? Lord Elgin put this question to the Scottish Transport Users' Consultative Committee.

In the committee's 1954 report, published by the Stationery Office at 6d., the explanation was given that British Road Services charged on a tonnage rate for northbound consignments. These were carried on a special vehicle and small packages were charged at the same rate as the majority of the load.

There was not as much traffic in wool from the north to the south and the sundries schedule applied. This was lower in Scotland than in the south.

The committee took no action on Lord Elgin's submission.

The Wales and Monmouthshire Transport Users' Consultative Committee, in their 1954 report, state that they were approached regarding travel facilities for 27 schoolchildren who had to wait 70 minutes on their way to school because of inconvenient train timings. The only solution was the provision'of a road service.

PROFIT AT NOTTINGHAM

APROFIT of £40,000-£45,000 will be made by Nottingham Transport Department this year—the first surplus since 1948. This was stated on Monday by Cllr. S. P. Hill, chairman of the transport committee.

There will be no relief of the rates, as the profit will go towards the reduction of a £77,572 deficit.


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