RISING MOTORBUS POPULARITY IN SCOTLAND.
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Why the Lanarkshire Traction Co., Ltd., has Purchased 50 New Daimler Single-deckers.
IN our issue dated August 12th we published a brief account of the type of Daimler CF6 chassis and the bodywork, by the Royal Body Corporation, Ltd., of Weybridge, Surrey, that were selected for the 50 new vehicles recently ordered by the Lanarkshire Traction Co., Ltd., of Motherwell. It is of interest to study a map of the routes served by this important operating concern, and to realize why it has become necessary to mirchase such a large quantity of new rolling stock.
The 50 new Daimler 32-seaters are being acquired partly to replace some of the existing vehicles in the fleet and partly in connection:4kh the substitution of a bus service on a saute at
present served by tramcars. .
The new service to he inaugurated is between Newmains, Wishaw, Motherwell, Hamilton, Cambuslang and Ginsgotg, and therefore extends a little dis
tance beyond the western terminus of the Cambuslang-Newmains tramway route, which is being abandoned. The new route will, therefore, be not far short of 18 miles in length.
In connection with the map which accompanies this article it may be mentioned that the Larkhall, Hamilton, Bothwell and Glasgow bus route is 16.48 miles in length, being the third longest of the existing routes. The longest route at present is that between Whitburn and Glasgow via Holytown and Tannochside, the length of which is 23.9 miles, and the second longest route is that connecting Airdrie and Strathaven by way of Holytresm, Motherwell, Hamilton and Glassford; this is 16.51 miles long. The route joining Harthin and Airdrie, via Newhouse and Chapelhall, is 10.75 miles in length, that between Coatbriclge and Meikle Earnock, via Bellshill. Bothwellhaugh
and Hamilton, being 10.72 miles long. The two shortest routes are that connecting. Coatbridge with Motherwell (7.72 miles) and that linking Hamilton with Quarter (3.19 miles).
The map shows graphically the manner in which the bus services have extended far beyond the tramlines, and emphasizes the value of the motorbus in linking these south-easternsuburbs and villages with the centre of Glasgow city. One can imagine how popular the Daimler buses will be.