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BUS OPERATIONS manager for London Transport's new Watling district is Colin Dix.
Mr Dix, who joined LT in 1956 as a conductor, has spent five years as manager of London Transport's busmen's training centre at Chiswick. In his new position he has responsibility for the operations side of the Watling district (one of LT's eight new bus districts) which covers most of north-west London, and will report to district general manager Jim Oliver.
Another London Transport appointment is that of Martin Whiteley. Since 1975, Mr Whiteley has been principal programme planning assistant but now moves up to become operations system officer. In this capacity he is responsible for LT's fleet communications centre in Baker Street and for introducing the new bus control and communications system.
Former director of sales and marketing at Chrysler UK, Terry Prince, has moved to take up a similar position with manufacturers of on/off highway vehicles, Stonefield Vehicles.
Mr Prince, who had been with Chrysler for 20 years, will initially concentrate on developing and improving Stonefield's UK dealer network and generally increasing the sales drive. Emphasis will be put on sales for the overseas market. He will be based at the Stonefield factory in Cumnock, Ayrshire.
Expresss parcels carrier Wilkinson Transport has named Malcolm McKenzie as sales executive for its Newcastle depot. He joins Wilkinson from Carryfast, and has previously worked for United Carriers and Tartan Arrow. In his new position Mi McKenzie is responsible foi developing business in the north-east, Durham and Cleveland.
The Institute of Road Transport Engineers has elected Freddie Richardson as chairman of the council. He has been on the national council since 1968. Mr Richardson is head of county workshops for Hertfordshire County Council and before this was transport engineer for Canada Dry (UK).
Bill Goldsworthy, a director of Heavy Transport (English China Clays), has become assistant managing director. He was worked for the ECC, group since 1954, and is also chairman of Haul-Waste and a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport.
Hugh Thompson has been named as the new general manager of the Road Transport Industrial Training Board's Motec training centre at High Email, near Shrewsbury. An ex-Royal Navy Commander, Mr Thompson has been involved with naval training for many years including an appointment in command of the Royal Naval Submarine School.
Meanwhile, administration director of the Road Transport Industrial Training Board, Michael Pickering, has been elected chairman of the Institute of Advanced Motorists. At one time Mr Pickering was chief instructor at the Army Motor Transport School in Bordon, Hampshire.
More than 13,500 London Transport drivers and conductors qualified during 1978 for Road Operators' Safety Council safety awards. Top award went to Edward Brazier, aged 68, a driver at Uxbridge garage who retired earlier this year after 39 years of safe driving.