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Ailsa access
AILSA Bus is considering moving the turbocharger from the top of the engine in its vehicles, in order to lower the profile of the engine cover and allow the driver accesss from the cab is from outside.
This is to make the bus more acceptable to driving staff.
At present the only access to the cab is from outside.
Glasgow fares
BUSMEN at Greater Glasgow PTE agreed on Tuesday of this week to start collecting higher fares introduced by the PTE. On Sunday and Monday some staff charged passengers the old fares as a protest against the increases. Staff were worried about high fares driving Glasgow passengers off the buses.
Small rise policy
BUS FARE revenue has been up to £8,000 a week higher than anticipated since Greater Manchester PTE fares went up in October last year.
And the number of passenger trips is also up — by 5.05 per cent in the period from November 14 to January 9, 1977 compared with the same period 12 months ago.
An increase is also shown in the eight weeks before that, with passenger trips 1.21 per cent up.
Demo days
TWO demonstrations of the joint Confederation of British Road Passenger Transport (CPT) and Freight Transport Association Vehicle Inspection Services have been arranged.
The first is at Cardiff on April 13 at Western Welsh Omnibus Ltd, and the second on April 14 at Roselyn Coaches, Par, Cornwall: Interested operators chould contact either Cyril Davies, Room 2, -Incentive House, Aciam St, Cardiff, or Arthur Coxwell, 193 Overndale Rd, Downed, Bristol.