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20th May 1966, Page 27
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nrices• FROM OUR INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT ' conference may decide on liner depots

, executive committee of the National ion of Railwaymen is to reconsider its : to liner trains. The matter was 1 to the negotiating committee for discussion last week.

[e this commits the executive commitothing, there is general feeling that the rs' minds may be more open on the than for some time, as suggested in E:RCIAL MOTOR last week.

change of heart is the result of the iment's new policy for road and rail ion outlined by Mrs. Barbara Castle, mister of Transport, to the NUR ye.

Castle has apparently broken the !k over liner trains by telling rail that she wanted to get freight traffic roads and on to the railways.

Nr meeting with the executive last week .nt more than 20 minutes talking to nd a further 50 minutes answering Is.

is understood to have appealed to T co-operation on "open" terminals, the context of Government freight Mrs. Castle also made it clear that all transport authority, on the lines old British Transport Commission, be recreated.

.ver, competition between the railnd the state-owned British Road is likely to end. This would be done the formation of the National Freight ty, which would have powers to preS accepting traffic which the railways o seeking.

is interpreted as Mrs. Castle's plan to give the railways a monopoly of longdistance goods traffic. The role of BRS would be little more than local collection and delivery.

But how it will affect the private haulier is still unclear. It is possible that they may be discouraged from long-distance competition with the railways by the introduction of new conditions to vehicle licences.

Ministers are confident of establishing a new relationship with railway unions, in which the liner-train controversy will be resolved, by explaining the Government attitude to transport. But union leaders do not consider the ban on private hauliers will be lifted as quickly as some think.

The NUR goods and cartage sectional conference recently rejected the liner-trains plan by an overwhelming vote. The probable outcome will be to postpone a final decision for about two months until the union's annual conference at Plymouth.

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