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Better Coach Parking at the Seaside
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NEW arrangements for parking coaches in Great Yarmouth are notified by the Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association. The corporation have agreed to make available a site at Beaconsfield Road, between North Drive 'and North Denes Road,. for coach arrivals and departures, A large part of the unused land • adjacent to Beach Station is also to be. set aside for coach parking. An inclu-sive charge of 3s, 6d. will be made for setting down and picking up passengers and parking, or 2s. for merely setting down and picking up passengers. . P.V.O.A. urge all operators running to Great 'Vatmouth to make full use of the .Beaconsfield Road site.
The existing.coach park in Gloucester Road, Bognor, will continue to be available next season.
In Brighton, coaches on express services will have to use a reserved space on the north side of Madeira Drive.. The coach parking she at Whitehawk may not be .ayailable in future for all coaches, and a further overflow park is being provided at Sheepcote, where a fee of 5s.. Will be charged.
On the return journey, express coaches will pick up passengers on the south side of The Drive at a space opposite the Aquariuth or Colonnade reserved for the purpose. No change has been made in arrangements for setting down and picking up passengers on excursions and tours and contract carriages.
In future, contract carriages may, after setting down passengers at the Casino coach park, Margate. have to park at Tivoli Brooks, a short distance away. Express coaches will continue to he parked at the Casino.
ONE-MAN BUSES PRAISED
ONE-MAN buses may be a ,partial solution of the grave difficulties of the bus industry. suggests Mr. R. F. Bushrod, general manager of the Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd., in the company's annual bulletin for employees. He says there is evidence that these vehicles are suitable for the older employee, and adds: "Some' of . the company's longservice men are finding it gives more personal contact with the passengers."
The bulletin asks for more courtesy to the travelling public. It states: "One uncivil or disinterested person on the platform can undo all the good done by the remainder of the staff. . . . Please show your passenger the attention and courtesy you would expect to receive yourself."
SHEFFIELD'S GOOD RECORD QHEFF1ELD lorry drivers are corn mended by the police in a report from the city's accident prevention department. It says that in 1957, Sheffield had 4 per cent. more goods vehicles than the national average, yet the number of personal injury accidents involving goods vehicles was 1 per cent. lower.