180 Vehicles in List 15
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LIST 15 of transport units, which was issued on Wednesday, contains 180 vehicles, all in single-vehicle lots, and -six trailers. The trailers are included in 15 units offered at Littlemore, Oxford, where originally a large fleet was put up for sale.
Seventy-nine of the vehicles, including all those in the Special Traffics Division, are being offered for the first time. Only 14 of the vehicles for sale are sixor eight-wheelers, and 29 are articulated. There is a large number of vans, some of which are insulated.
Details of the distribution of units are as follows:—
South Eastern Division: London (23), Bishop's Sionford (1), Hayes, Middx. (1), Ipswich (2), Maidstone (4), Poole (2), Southampton (2), Strood (4), Tonbridge (4), Yeovil (2).
North Western Divisions Blackburn (2). Carlisle (1). Liverpool (3). Manchester (1), Preston (I).
North Eastern Division: Barnsley (1), Bingley (2), Castleford (1), Gateshead (1), Goole (1). Hull (1), Lincoln (1), Louth (I), Newcastle (2), Ovenden (I), Sheffield GI, Stockton (2).
Midland Division: Blaby (4), Burton (I), Derby (2). Northampton (3), Nottingham (2), Rugby (2), Stevenage (1), Stoke (1), Tunstall (2), Walsall (1).
Westero Division: Bristol (3), Cardiff (4),
Devizes (1), Dowlais Liulemore (15). Melksham (2), Wrexham (1), Newton Abbot (I), Plymouth (1), Reading (5), Salisbury (I), Swansea (2), Swindon (5), Taunton (2), Wells (I). Westonsuper-Mare (12).
Special Traffics Division: London ('.9), Blaby (1). Cardiff (1), Leeds (1). Newcastle mon Tyne (I), Sheffield (1).
Tenders close on July 18. Lists may be obtained from the chief secretary, British Transport Commission, 222 Marylebone Road, London, N.W.1.
KNOWLE FLEET GOES TO RAILWAYS
SIX livestock vehicles operated for some years by British Road Services from Knowle have been taken over by British Railways. They are part of 398 railway cartage vehicles which were originally scheduled for disposal under the Transport Act, 1953.
All the vehicles have bodies suitable for carrying sheep, pigs, calves, cattle, ponies and horses. The weekly markets at Henley-in-Arden, Hamptonin-Arden, Stratford upon Avon, Knowle, Warwick and Banbury are attended regularly.
BIRMINGHAM FARE PLAN TO BE WITHDRAWN DOLITICAL pressure is expected to
force Birmingham Transport Committee to find an alternative to their plan to raise revenue by charging an extra Id. on fares at week-ends and on Bank Holidays.
A meeting of the Socialist group, which controls thia city council, last week passed a resolution stating that it was not in favour of increasing weekend fares by an amount above those on other days.
The plan, which was expected to yield more than 1400,000 a year, was given in The Commercial Motor last week. A similar arrangement was in force at Bolton at least 30 years ago, when after noon on Saturdays, an extra Id. was charged.