GLASGOW STATIONS: FULL REVIEW
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pi his decision on the appeals of I-Glasgow Corporation and Bei:tie Bros.,. Ltd„ against variations of conditions governing terminal points and certain routes within the city area; the Minister of Transport states that the appeals raise the whole question of .bus operation in the -centre of the city. The question had been brought to a, head by. the completion of two 'bus stations at Killesmont Street' and
Waterloo Street. . • -• The corporation appealed against the , a,uthorization to the: Western SaM.T-. Co.., Ltd„ to use 'streets in the central area on 23 routes, to the central &KT. Co.., Ltd., on six routes, and to Lanarkshire Traction Co., Ltd..
on -oneMute: Baillie Bros., Ltd., appealed against the extension of the central S.M.T. concern's HelensburghGlasgow route to the new central terminus in Glasgow.
In the Minister's view, the question underlYing the appeals should not be dealt with piecemeal. Furthermore. the operators .coacerned are anxious that the matter should be dealt with comprehensively. The appeals are, therefore, dismissed, but the Minister suggests that the Commissioners should review the situation in the light of the appeal proceedings.
£50.,000 STATION AT NORWICH.. -ADMIT at a cost of over x50,090, ,a U hew bus station and garage at Nor" \vial, for the Eastern Counties Omnibas -Co., Ltd., will be opened next month. The premises are designed on the most modern lines, and the garage has a free floor space measuring 480 ft.
by 178 ft. •
Activities in the Station are to he controlled from a central room, from which a loud-speaker -system will radiate.