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John Spencer Wills' Views on Holding Company Effects

28th December 1962
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DRESIDING at the 36th annual

general meeting of East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd., Mr. John Spencer Wills, chairman of the company, reporting an increase of £25,706 in net profit compared with• the previous financial year, referred to the new Transport Holding Company.

I am pleased to be able to say," he said, "from what I know of those whom the Minister has appointed to lead that company,. that there is every reason to hope that the spirit of the longestablished road/rail partnership will not be broken and that with the approval of the Railways Board we may still have the benefit of the experience of railway officers on bus company boards ".

The standing joint committees of bus and railway officers directly concerned with operations, the establishment of which was one of the valuable consequences of the railway investment in bus companies, will be continued, said the B.E.T. chief, and with the same powers, although there may no longer be the same natural iink between those representing the railways on these committees and those representing the railway holdings on the bus hoards; for they will be appointed by separate bodies. .

Turning to the results of the year, he

Fleetlines Enter Service in Nottingham

NTERING service with Nottingham City Transport are 18 Daimler Fleetlines with Park Royal 77-seat bodies. The Gardner 6LX engines are set to develop 130 bhp. at 1,700 r.p.m. The selector lever of the Daimatic transmission has been arranged to control the doors. two extra gate positions being provided for that purpose. Other features include automatic chassis lubrication, automatic brake adjusters and A.C. generating equipment.

The metal-framed bodies, which are the first to be built by Park Royal on the Fleetline chassis, have an overall height of 14 ft. and seat 44 on the upper deck and 33 downstairs. The unladen weight of the complete vehicle is 8 tons 17 cwt. The exterior finish is in the livery recently adopted by Nottingham, -green for the lower-deck side panels, roof and an intermediate strip, cream for the

• remainder of the body, and red wheels. .A further 31 Fleetlines are on order for the Nottingham municipal fleet, the bodywork In this case being by Northern Counties. said that expenditure had once more increased but that increasing benefit had been gained from the larger vehicles introduced into the fleet, with a consequential decrease in relief mileage.

" We have also benefited from increased revenue," said Mr. Wills. " It has not been necessary this year to increase fares over the greater part of the area we serve."

"The process of replacing our older vehicles with the latest types continues," he went on. "In addition to the 73seater double-deckers I mentioned earlier, we have purchased during the year our first 47-seater coaches for use on express services. This is the higher capacity made available by the new maximum dimensions of 36 ft. by 8 ft. 2+ in. The total cost of the year's new rolling stock was £140,000 and we plan to spend £130.000 more in the current year."

Newcastle Trolleys to Go THE transport committee of Newcastle upon Tyne City Council has recommended the replacement of the city's trolleybuses by motorbuses. Familiar reasons for making the change were given by the transport department's general manager, Mr. F. S. Taylor.

It is not expected that the change-over will be complete before 1968.

London Transport Consent Procedure PROCEDURE for bus operators wishing to appeal against the refusal of consent by London Transport to the running of services • within the London area is laid down by new regulations, made by the Minister of Transport, under the Transport Act, 1962.

At present, operators who want to run services within the London Passenger Transport Area must normally seek the consent of London Transport, and this arrangement will continue when the new London Transport Board takes over.

But a new feature introduced by the 1962 Transport Act is that an operator refused consent by the board can apply to the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner for a review of the refusal. Both the applicant and the board have a right of appeal to the Minister of Transport.

The new Regulations lay down the procedure for making such appeal applications to the Traffic Commissioner and the Minister. They also give guidance on those with rights to 'appear before the Commissioner. Operators who know the procedure on road service licences will find much that is familiar—notices of applications, sittings and decisions must be published in "Notices and Proceedings". There are also some innovations, notably that parties must have a proper opportunity to call and examine witnesses, and that the Traffic Commissioner must send a written copy of hisdecision to the parties.

For appeals to the Minister, it is proposed to follow the procedure already used in road service licence decisions.

The new Regulations, known as the London Transport (Consent Procedure) Regulations (SI 1962 No. 2707) will come into operation next year. Copies of the Regulations may be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office or through any bookseller (price 8d.).


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