NEW STAGE COACHES ON AN OLD STAGE ROUTE.
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A Well-equipped Tilling-Stevens Saloon Coach Introduced on a Daily Newcastle-London Service.
MIIE concern known as S. Lewis 1 (Newcastle), Ltd., which operates a daily service in both directions between Newcastle and London, has recently put into commission a well-appointed saloon coach which is typical of many such vehicles now being employed on longdistance work. "The New Stage Coach" is the name which the company gives to this latest acquisition, a noteworthy point being that the vehicle runs upon the route that used to be followed by the old stage coaches of the nineteenth century, through Sunderland, West Hartlepool, Stockton and York. There are only two halts now, however, on this 300-mile run, these being at
Doncaster and Grantham, one being for luncheon and the other for tea.
The new coach is a particularly comfortable one, and is sometimes employed