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PASSENGER TRANSPORT
LONDON'S TRAVEL INFORMATION BOOTHS
T"public has shown .itself most appreciative of the travel information booths which have been operating for the past few weeks in London. These were inaugurated by London Transport and the railway group. The booths are outside many important stations in the Central London area and inside others on the outskirts. Information is given as to the quickest and best way of travelling in London and its suburbs by road or rail. Particularly important is the advice on the best alternative routes to follow if the normal ones are interrupted. This facility • is steadily being extended to more of the chief traffic points in the City and West End, and to suburban railway stations.
REPEAT ORDERS FOR A.E.C. BUSES
ONE of the largest orders for buses • recently received by the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., was from Enterprise and Silver Dawn Motors, Ltd., of Scunthorpe, Lincs. It is for 12 Regal single-deckers and represents the 12th repeat order given by this company to A.E.C. in the past five years. Two municipal authorities have also secently ordered A.E.C. buses, Sheffield indenting for six Regals and West Bridgford for three Regents. Sheffield Corporation, which is amongst the largest municipal operators of A.E.C.s, has now ordered 69 double and singledeckers of this make in the past two years. West Bridgford has a -100 per cent. A.E.C. fleet of over 20 vehicles.
DEMAND FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION ON " ALERT " RUNNING
NAUNIbPAL-TRANSIDORT authorial ties in the four largest Scottish cities—Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen—have unanimously decided to petition the Government to issue national instructions that publicservice vehicles can be run during the " alert' periods of an air-raid alarm. Meeting on November 13, in Glasgow, under the chairmanship of Bailie S. M. Gave, convener of Dundee Transport Committee, members of the Scottish Municipal Passenger Transport Association -decided to forward a petition to this effect to the Minister of Transport. They are urging the Government to consider the matter as a national question and to give instructions to all operators and employees to continue the services during the " alert" periods. The view was expressed by speakers at the nteeting, including Bailie David Se Brown, convener of Glasgow Transport Committee, that there was definitely a public demand for the services to continue running during " alert " periods. It was also pointed out that any ques tion of enforcing " the running of vehicles during " alert " periods would have to be linked up with that of the compensation payable to employees killed or injured during a raid.
CARDIFF LOOKS AHEAD
rARDIFF Transport Committee Le decided, a few days ago, to apply for permission to place an order for 10 new double-deck buses for replacement purposes as soon as possible. The cost is estimated at £21,500.
GLASGOW TO CONSIDER MONTHLY BUS SEASONS
GLASGOW Transport Committee has agreed to consider a request of Councillor Galpern for instituting a monthly bus season ticket, with unlimited travel, at 12s per month.
HULL'S BID FOR HIGHER FARES
LULL Corporation has applied to .1. 1 the Ministry of Transport for sanction to revise fares, involving certain increases, on the motorbuses, .trolleybuses, and trams which it operates in the city. East Yorkshire Motor Services, Ltd., has made a similar application for a fares revision on the motorbuses which it operates in the city,
SUPPORT FOR PORT TALBOT BUS-STATION PLAN
NAEMBERS of the Port Talbot and 1.1/1Aberavon Chamber of Trade have given support to a municipal proposal for establishing a circular bus station on the site of Old Port Talbot railway terminus, At a meeting of the Chamber, one member stated that trade in the town had suffered because of the failure to co-ordinate road-transport services.
MERTHYR'S BUSES HAVE RECORD YEAR
riURING the year ended March 31 LI last, Merthyr Corporation achieved the best result in •the history of the bus undertaking, when it made a net profit of £9,699. The previous year's profit was £3,116 and the highest profit previously made was £4,795. It will be recalled that Merthyr abandoned tramways in Aug-ust, 1939. The profit of £9,699 has been transferred to the reserve fund, which now stands at £16,854. During the year under review, total receipts amounted to £41,070, and traffic expenses to £10,891.
BLACKPOOL'S GOOD BUS BALANCE •
THERE was a balance of £72,473 on the net revenue account of the bus undertaking of Blackpool Corporation in the year ended March 31, 1940. Expenditure totalled £153,334, "whilst income amounted to 2225,807. After deducting income tax and interest on loans, the balance carried to the appropriation account totalled £62,918.
BUSES NOT NEEDED AFTER 10 P.M.
AT a conference of local authorities, organized by the National " Safety First " Association, at Newcastle, Sir John Maxwell, chairman of the Northern Transport Commissioners, said he was averse to throwing an extra strain on the drivers of public-service vehicles by asking them to run buses after 10 p.m., although he appreciated. the needs of those seeking pleasure. It was his job, he said, to see that services for workmen were provided in the first place, then for schoolchildren and, thirdly, for people in rural districts.