B.R.S. Revenue Up: Traffic Down
Page 28
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
IN the four weeks to July 13, British Road Services earned traffic receipts of 15,909,000, bringing the total for the first 28 weeks of the year to £41,624,000. The comparable figures a year ago were £6,195,000 and £40,528,000.
In the first 24 weeks of the year, B.R.S. carried 20m, tons, compared with 21.3m. tons a year ago, and covered 336.2m. miles, contrasted with 343.5m. miles in the comparable period of 1951.
Revenue from the British Transport Commission's provincial and Scottish road passenger transport interests in the four weeks 'to July 13 amounted to £4,322,000 and the aggregate for the first 28 weeks of the year to £23,892,000. In the corresponding four-week period of 1951, revenue was £3.959.000 and in the 28-week period £21,746,000.
London Transport's revenue has risen from £4,751,000 to £5,409,000 in the four-week period and from £31,539.000 to £35,213,000 in the 28-week period.
ASHRIDGE IN SEPTEMBER
rOURSE 49 at Ashridge, from
September 26-29, will deal with "Transport and the Public." The course is being run in conjunction with the Institute of Transport and is open to men and women at an inclusive fee of £3 15s.
The syllabus of this course is as follows: Introductory address by Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, president of the Institute; nationalization and after, by Prof. B. R. Williams; the standard of service in rail transport, by Mr. J. L. Harrington; port problems, by Mr. A. H. J. Brown, and a user's point of view, by Mr. H. C. Crane, transport manager, J. Lyons and Co., Ltd, Applications to attend the course should be made to the secretary, Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Herts.
CONCERN OVER ROAD GRANTS
CONCERN was expressed in the %-s. report submitted on Monday by the road traffic section of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to the council, over an announcement in Parliament that monies allotted to road maintenance would be insufficient for any major schemes of improvement. • The Government's "penny wise and pound foolish" policy was 'strongly deprecated, said Mr. C. E. 'Jordan, chairman of the section.