POPULAR REGULAR-SERVICE ROAD RUNS.
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Coach and Bus Trips to the Seaside in Great Demand.
OACH and bus trips to the seaside 'L./have been more popular than ever this year, and in some cases the resources of proprietors have been considerably strained to meet the demand. One country bus proprietor who purchased a new Mauclslay low-level safety cadeh on pneumatic tyres says that the demand for it has been so great for this purpose that he -will have to get another coach or two.
An official of the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., recently told one of our representatives that business in this direction had been very brisk indeed and that the popularity of all the regular seaside services had called for the use of an increased number of vehicles, whilst private coach trips to the seaside were much in request.
This company run daily services from Birmingham to Aberystwyth, Blackpool, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, and Llandudno and Weston-super-Mare. Rhyl and Colwyn Bay are covered by the Llandudno service via Wolverhampton, Albrighton, 'Newport (Salop), Hinstock, Whitchurch, Bangor-on-the-Dee, Wrexham, Mold, St. Asaph, Rhuddlan, etc., and passengers can get on or off the buses en route at pro rata intermediate fares. The full fare from Birmingham is 11s.
The Weston-super-Mare service is
worked in conjunction with the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., and bookings can be made to or from any of the places en route. Thus passengers have the advantage of booking to places on the routes served by either company's vehicles. The Weston-super-Mare run serves the following places in Midland "Red" territory t—Bromagrove, Droitwich, Worcester and Tewkesbury, and Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Sharpness, Berkeley and Bristol on the Bristol Co.'s ground, intervening villages being served in both cases;---,
Intermediate fares are pro rata. These particulars of fares are given as an example to illustrate the comparative cheapness of this form of road travel and give an idea of the interworking arrangements of the two companies in their respective territories.