Liverpool Trams to End in. September
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I IVERPOOL'S last tram will run on September 14, and after that the city will be served entirely by buses. Announcing this last week, Aid. S. Part, chairman of the passenger transport committee, said that a disturbing factor was that negotiations. for a substantial wage increase would, if successful, govern the future of the transport department, whose tinances even now were finely balanced. During the past year, he said, an estimated deficiency of £403,846 had been converted into a surplus of £16,902.
Ald. Part said that 1,150 buses and 70 trains were being operated at present over 80 sq. miles, and they carried about lm. passengers every day.
TV POSSIBILITIES SHOWN Wmeans of a closed-circuit television system, the driver of a bits can see the loading platform and, in the absence of a conductor's signal, judge for himself when it is safe to drive away from a stop. A demonstration of such equipment was held in London on Tuesday by Pye, Ltd., and A.C.V. (Sales), Ltd.
An A.E.C.-Park Royal doubledecker had a Pye camera mounted on the stanchion of the staircase, and a small television screen was disposed, for the purposes of the demonstration, at the front of the upper deck. If the system were adopted for service, the screen would • be placed in the driver's cab.
In such a position there could be no infringement of the law concerning the placing of television screens within the view of a driver of a moving vehicle, as the circuit could be blanked while the vehicle was in motion. The companies devised the system at the suggestion of Huddersheld Transport Department. Cost of the equipment per vehicle would he about £200, although it would be lower if large orders were received.
WORLDMASTER COACH HAS LAVATORY AND BUFFET
1-1. A LUXURY coach service between Salisbury and Johannesburg, which started last week, cuts 16 hours off the 44-hour rail journey over the 850-mile route. Single fare is £10 17s. 2d. Rhodesia United Transport, Ltd., are operating a Leyland Worldmaster over the Rhodesian stretch, which covers 500 miles. It is specially exempted from the 7-ton axle limit because of its luxury
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Thirty-four aircraft-type seats can be adjusted to a reclining position. At the rear there is a compartment equipped w:th a washbasin, full-length mirror and lavatory, with water supplied from large tanks. There is also a buffet from which coffee, tea and sandwiches are served to passengers by the driver. At Beit Bridge, on the border between South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, South African Railways provide a coach which covers the remaining 350 miles to Johannesburg.