Yorkshire Traction . Traffic Down 7 - 1% A PERMANENT loss of a
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substantial. number of former regular passengers was reported last week to the • shareholders of the .Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., by Mr. 'Raymond W. Birch; chair-man, Last year Ihe comPanY carried 754m. passengers-approximately the number handled in 1957, when, because of the provincial bus strike, there were nine fewer operating days. Compared with 1955, which could be regarded as a normal year, passenger traffic had dropped by 7+ per cent. Between 1956 and 1958, mileage on stage services was reduced -by 443,000. Of this figure, 313,000 miles were saved partly by longer headway-s on evening services, but mainly by a large cut in regular duplication, which was made possible by using bigger buses. A substantial reduction in workmen's services, brought about largely by the suspension of the Saturday shift by miners, was responsible for a saving of 130,000 miles. This had been accompanied by a loss of revenue, not only from the cancelled services, but also from a drop in earnings on ordinary services caused by the miners' smaller pay packets.
MORE TURKISH TRUCKS
riA NEW plant near Istanbul will be turning out 5,000 10and 7-ton trucks a year by the end of 1964. Built with the participation of the Federal Truck Co., Detroit, the factory will install Cummins oil engines in the vehicles. When maximum output is reached. Turkey will also be manufacturing 75 per cent, of the parts required, com
pared with the present 25 per cent.