Belfast Efficiency 'On High Level
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ASURVEY of all aspects of the B e lf as t Corporation Transport Department, undertaken by Urwick, On and Partners Ltd., industrial consultants, and completed on March 31, shows that the undertaking is being operated on a very high level of efficiency, states the general manager, Mr. R. W. Adams, in his annual report.
The outcome of the year's working, a deficit of £13,391, was the result of trolleybus and motorbus operations only. But for the unprecedented winter weather, said Mr. Adams, there would clearly have been a modest surplus instead of a deficit.
The financial results for the year cornPrise a deficit on buses of £56,296, a surplus from trolleybuses of £13,005, and income from investments of £29,900.
Altogether 165 m. passengers were carried. Trolley.bus working expenses per mile averaged 43.28d. compared with 40.66d. last year, the proportion of expenses to total revenue being 92-76 per cent against 91-62 per cent in 1961-62. Average expenses per mile for buses amounted to 4211d. compared with 40•0d., the proportions in this case being 95.15 per cent against 94-53 per cent in 1961-62.
Long Fight Over Ormskirk Points
WHEN a public inquiry was held on VV Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week at Lytham St. Annes, a series of applications was considered involving picking-up points at Ormskirk for excursions and tours run by four operators. An application by Ribble Motor Services Ltd. was concluded and one by the Southport and Birkdale Motor and Carriage Co. Ltd. was withdrawn. Applications by Holmeswood Coaches Ltd_ and Tootles Tours Ltd. have yet to be finished. The chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Maj.Gen. A. R J. Elmslie, reserved his decision on the Ribble application.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Posters, 1908-63: An exhibition of London Transport Posters, 1908-63, will be held at the Royal Institute Galleries, 195 Piccadilly, London, W.1, from 2 p.m. on July 2 to 7 p.m. on July 30.
Eastern National : For the first time, the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd. was represented at the annual Essex Show last week, having a colourful display of services centred on a Bristol-E,C.W. coach.
Bus Station Closes Temporarily : Leeds Central Bus Station is to close for a period from July 1 to allow a £60,000 improvement scheme to be undertaken. It is expected that the reconstruction work will take about three months, but the station should be open in part in about five weeks, Provisional work on the scheme has already started.