. Montreux Plans to Attract International Coaches
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PR OVIS ON AL plans to construct a permanent coach station in the centre of Montreux, Switzerland, have been agreed by the local authorities. Three regular longdistance coach services already use Montreux as a principal terminus on their routes, these being the French line, operated by the Societ6 Nationale des Chemins de Fers, the Swedish Linjebuss concern and the German Europabus company.
In addition, there are large numbers of tours which terminate or stop overnight at Montreux, including some operated by British concerns. The occasion of the Montreux rally, which is an annual event attracting large numbers of coaches from all parts of Europe, adds further to the amount of coach traffic passing through the city.
At present, it is planned to erect a station in the market square, on the shores of Lake Leman. The Swiss railway authorities -are anxious, however, 'to enecnirage the construeion..of a ,suita ble• station' in
the. 'forecourt of the 'rail .
way station.
Work on the provisional station, which will provide facilities for parking 12 vehicles at a time, is to begin shortly. " Arrangements will be made for the handling of ,passengers and their luggage.
Final deeisicins an the station will be made on the basis of the experience gained with the provisional station.
AUSTRIAN RAILWAYS BUY NEW LUXURY COACHES OPERATING approximately 30 longdistance coach services, the Austrian Railways have recently acquired new luxury vehicles of. two types. Both are oil-engined, and are manufactured by Saurer, Vienna, and by Graf and Stift.
Reclining seats, a cocktail bar, radio and heating installations are common to both types of vehicle. The Graf and Stilt coach is of chassisless construction, and the pre-combustionchamber engine employs glow-plugs for starting. An overdrive unit is provided in the pneumatically controlled gearbox.
A similar transmission unit is fitted to the Saurer coach, which has a supercharged engine, producing a total of 150 b.h.p. The engine has wet cylinder liners, light-alloy pistons and a crankshaft-driven off pump.
TO FOIL THIEVES
AN improved watchman's control clock has been produced by Mick Time Recorders, Ltd., London, W.C.1. It records the times when watchmen go their rounds and enables employers to see that rounds are not made regularly.
Burglars study watchmen's habits and enter premises when they think the watchmen will not be in the particular The clock is enclosed in a light-alloy case and can be carried in a pouch. It weighs just over 6i lb,