Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT
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SPLENDID WORK IN EAST MIDLAND AREA
DRIVERS, conductors, inspectors and the staffs of public-service vehicle operators in the East Midland area were thanked by Mr. J. H. Stirk, Regional Transport Commissioner, for their splendid work in carrying out successfully the great evacuation scheme.
" In the East Midland Area we have had a colossal task. Evacuees from London. Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Grimsby, Derby, Nottingham and Rugby have been dealt with, and, so far as I know, without a single accident. This is a splendid achievement."
WOMEN CONDUCTORS FOR " RIBBLI3 " BUSES.
UP to the present Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., has trained 200 women to take up duties as conductresses, including 30 in the Liverpool district. They will not be called upon until a shortage of male labour becomes manifest.
PERTH BUS SERVICES CURTAILED.
THE nightly bus services at Perth, I operated by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., are to be curtailed, and Saturday night services will also be reduced. No Sunday service will be operated on any town route, whilst those in the country are, meantime, to continue as usual.
GLASGOW TO AUGMENT ITS BUS FLEET.
ALTHOUGH bus services in Glasgow are being cut down, following lighting restrictions, the transport committee of the corporation is proceeding with its plans for the augmentation of the bus fleet.
Tenders are being invited for 200 double-deck bus bodies, involving an expenditure of over £150,000. This is one of the largest contracts of its kind open to tender in Scotland, and keen competition is anticipated.
SOME SERVICES REDUCED BY 50 PER CENT.
AS from September 6, the passenger transport services of Nottingham were reduced by 50 per cent. from 9 p.m.
Lincoln's municipal bus services are being reduced, and it is possible that a 50 per cent. cut may be made. Efforts will be made to maintain the work A28 men's services, although they might have to be amended at mid-day.
Mr. R. Hoggard, general manager of the transport department of Chesterfield, states there will be no further curtailment of bus services until after September 16.
Derby Corporation and the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., intend to reduce petrol-engined bus services as from September 17. Several applications have been made to Derby Corporation by women anxious to become bus conductors, but, for the present, none is to be employed.
DELICATE TASK WELL PERFORMED IN BURNLEY.
EMPLOYEES of Burnley, Colne and • Nelson Joint Transport Services cooperated commendably in evacuating patients from Burnley hospitals. Mr. C. H. Stafford, transport manager, reported that the men had to undertake unfamiliar duties necessitating skill, gentleness and ingenuity, and they proved themselves equal to the demands made upon them. Under the supervision of doctors and medical staffs, the evacuation was carried out smoothly and rapidly.
MANCHESTER TO REVIEW CHANGE-OVER PLANS.
AN assurance has been given 'to Manchester City Council that the whole question of tram services will be reported upon with a view to easing the demand for imported fuel during the war. Although the change-over, from trams to buses, has been speeded up during the past few months, no more lines are to be discarded at present, and the trams are to be retained until the situation has been reviewed.
BIRKENHEAD BUS SURPLUS.
DURING the year ended March 31, 1939, Birkenhead Corporation secured a gross surplus of £94,389 on the operation of its buses. Income totalled £341,160 and operating expenses £246,771. After deducting interest and sinking-fund charges, etc., amounting to £46,782, the net surplus came out at 247,607. During the year the buses covered an aggregate mileage of 6,357,526.
At the end of March last, the corporation had a fleet of 177 buses, all but one being of Leyland make. There are only six single-deckers in the fleet, and a large proportion of the vehicles is oilers. Since March and up to the end of August last the fleet bad been augmented by the delivery of 24 of the 40 new Leyland 54-seater double-deck oilers.
REORGANIZATION OF LEICESTER'S TRANSPORT
TO-MORROW, Saturday, a reor
ganized transport service will commence operations in Leicester. Thc trams, which had been abandoned, will be brought into the transport scheme.
Buses will be used chiefly to feed tram services, and except in one instance will not operate in the city centre Although the department will bt cutting down its petrol consumption the public will, in this way, be gettins the best possible service.
A transfer system will come intc operation, and passengers having to ust two vehicles on the same route al present covered by one vehicle, will bt able to take a transfer ticket for flu existing fare. No 1d. transfers wit be issued.
FREE TRAVEL FOR THE SERVICES IN GLASGOW.
FREE travel facilities will be afford& on Glasgow's buses and trams to al members of the Royal Navy, Royal Ai, Force and Army while in uniform,
MODIFICATIONS IN "CROSVILLE' SERVICES.
nODIFICATIONS made in the facili IVIties offered by Crosville Moto. Services, Ltd., include the withdrawa of one of the day services and one o the night services between Liverpoo and London.
The Liverpool-Southport extensior to the London night service has beer cancelled, whilst there has been a cur tailment in North Wales. Time tables for the ordinary bus services an being revised.
A TASK WELL PERFORMED IN THE MIDLANDS.
ABIG part in the evacuation o children in the Midlands wa: played by the Birmingham and Mid land Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. Dminl the four days of the evacuation ove 1,000 vehicles were employed, and the dealt with a total of 65,000. evacuees.
The company hired vehicles freer other road operators and, assisted 131 these, it was able to continue norma services with but slight modifications.
Birmingham Corporation employed r total of 240 vehicles, and conveyet 8,000 evacuees from schools to railwa3 stations. In addition, 30 single-dect buses were converted into ambulance: and used to carry 400 patients fron Birmingham hospitals to railwa3 stations, and, in some cases, direct ti reception areas. The normal service were, nevertheless, operated.