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Fewer Passengers but More Miles
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IDASSENGER journeys by all forms 1 of road passenger transport in Great Britain, excluding London Transport, dropped in 1950 by 68m.. compared with the figure for 1949.
• Rece:.pts rose b.y Elm, and mileage by 17m. The figures are: Passengers (1949), 12,933m., (1950), 12,865in.; receipts (1949) £166m., 1950 1167m.; miles (1949) 2,013m., (1950) 2.030m.
These results, relating.to full calendar .years, are included in the Annual Abstract of .Statistics. 1938-1950, pub,
fished this week by the Stationery Office at £1 Is.
The accompanying table gives itemized figures for buses and coaches. These vehicles carried 156m. more passengers in 1950 than in 1949 and earned another Dm., or 0.01d. per passenger-journey. Vehicle mileage rose by 30m. and receipts per vehiclemile fell by 0.0td..
The number of passengers and receipts were higher, in all sections except excursions and tours, and veh-cle-mileage rose all round. Only stage services showed a drop in receipts per passenger-journey and only contract services earned lower revenue per vehicle-mile.
Trolleybuses carried 5m. more passengers and covered 2m, more miles, earning an extra 0.07d. per passengerjourney and 0.67d. per vehicle-mile. There was no change in total receipts. The figures are: Passenger-journeys (1949) 1.110m., (1950) J,115m.; receipts (1949) am., (1950) £8m.; vehiele-miles 11949) 79m., (1950) 81m.; receipts per passenger-journey (1949) 1.69d.„ (1950) 1.76d.; receipts. per vehicle-mile (1949) 23.74d , (1950) 24.41d. The number of busesand :coaches rose from 62,080 (37,749 single-deekers and 24.331 double-deckers) in 1949 to 65,370 (40,002 single-deckers and 25,368 double-deckers) in 1950. Trolleyb uses dwindled 1-5■., four from 2,322 to 2,318.
PUNJAB BOARD STARTS WORK
rti'EPunjab Transport Nationalization Board, constituted last year, has just begun to function, having taken Over all routes previously run by
the Provincial Transport . Authority. The Government if shortly to send a purchase mission abroad to obtain 600 buses for the Punjab at an estimated cost of R..s.15m, COLOMBO TO BUY MORE TROLL EYBUSES
ABOURs.3rn. more are to be spent T by Colombo Municipal Council on the second stage of the scheme to introduce trolleybuses in the city. The fust stage is likely to be undertaken by ahoul October.
in addition to 20 British doable-deck trolleyhuss now waiting to go into service, 15 more of the same type are being budgeted for at a cost of R.s.I.8m. in the first stage, the 20 vehicles Will replace the tramcars.
£8m. OIL PLANT
A LUBRICATING-OIL plant costing 1-3.€8m. and having an annual output of 100,000 tons, has been completed at the Shell Cardon refinery, Venezuela. By 1953, the total capacity of the refinery, whieh has been built largely with British equipment, will be
tons a year. 11 will help to save dollars.