£3.4m. More from L.T.E. Road Services
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rIF a total additional revenue of £5.6M which the British Transport Commission expect to derive next yea, from increased fares on London Trans. port's road and rail undertaking and the Railway Executive's London and pro. vincial services, £3.4m. will come from London road services. This figure was given by Mr. A. B. B. Valentine, a member of the London Transport Executive, in London on Tuesday, wher details were released of the Transport Tribunal's decision on the Commission's Passenger Charges Scheme.
The grant, which will become effective on August 16, affects London Transport's road services as follows: An increase of id. on 3d. and 8d. ordinary single fares, Id. on 6d., 9d. and higher single fares, and Id. on Green Line single fares. Early-morning single fares to be raised by Id. for journeys over four miles. There is no change in the 2d. minimum and the 5d. single fares, nor in early-morning single fares up to four miles.
The Commission's original proposals envisaged an increase of £6.1m., but certain modifications were made by the Tribunal. With the exception of a few services operating outside the London Special Area, these increases will affect all London fares. Application is being made to the Licensing Authorities in respect of these outside services.
ROAD FUND GRANTS OF LOWER VALUE rOMPARED with 1938-39, the value of works paid for out of the Road Fund in 1951-52 was 30 per cent. lower. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport stated in a written reply last week that £2,727,000 was spent on trunk roads in 1938-39 and £8,082,000 in 1951-52.
Grants to local authorities foi the upkeep of classified roads totalled £6,481.000 in the earlier period and £16,507,000 in the latter. The respective aggregate outlays from the Road Fund were £9,208,000 and £24,589,000, but because of the depreciation of money, the value of the larger sum was only 70 per cent, of the 1938-39 figure.
ASSENT FOR SIX BILLS SIX Bills concerning road transport received the Royal Assent last week. They are:
The Road Transport Lighting Act, 1953 (fuumcrly known as the Road Transport !Rear Lights' Bill), the Road Transport Lighting (No. 2) Act, 1953 (originally called the Road Transport Lighting (Amendment) Bill), the Education iMiscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, the British Transport Commission Order Confirmation Act, 1953, the Bradford Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order ConfinnatiOn Act. 1953 and Walsall Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act, 1953.
ABANDONMENT SANCTIONED
THE Northern Ireland Ministry of Commerce have made an order authorizing the Ulster Transport Authority to abandon all sections of the Belfast and County Down Railway that have already been discontinued.