THE GREEN LINE DOUBLE-SALOON COACH
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Details of the Experimental Vehicle which Commenced Operation Across London Last Tuesday BRIEF details were given on page 162 of our issue of last week regarding the first double-saloon coach to be operated by the Green Line Coaches, Ltd., in the London area. The vehicle
actually commenced operation on route E (Bushey-London-Redhill) on Tuesday last. The chassis is one of the A.E.C. Renown six:wheelers, as used for the LT-type London buses, and the experimental body was constructed at the Chiswick works of the L.G.O. Co., Ltd.
The coach has an overall height of 14 ft. 3 ins., and accommodates 50 passengers, 27 in the upper and 23 in the lower saloon. The main entrance is on the near side at the front, and is without a door, to meet the requirements of the licensing authority. The stairway is at the rear, and comprises two transverse steps leading to a platform on the off side, three longitudinal steps in a forward direction and finally two steps leading in a leftward direction into the upper-saloon gangway.
Most of the seats are transverse, but in the lower saloon there are longitudinal seats at the rear accommodating four passengers on the off aide and five on the near side. This leaves; a small platform space at the extreme rear on the near side, opposite the stairway, and at this position there is an emergency door. All the uppersaloon seats are transverse, a seat for two occupying the near side of the rear bulkhead and having before it (opposite the head of the stairway) a single forward-facing seat. All the other seats • are of the ordinary transverse type with central gangway. The roof is deeply arched, and has a Sunsaloon folding top. This occupies a width of 3 ft. and extends the full length from trout to rear. At the rear cud of the upper saloon is a horizontally hinged window forming an emergency exit. There are several half-drop windows in each saloon, and there is ample illumination by electric lights. Clayton heaters, thermostatically controlled, are fitted, one in the front bulkhead of the upper saloon and the other on the stairway 'partition of the lower saloon. The upholstery is in figured moquette.
The vehicle passed the Scotland Yard inspection officials without any difficulty, and is now being regularly run on a busy cross-London route to see if it will prove satisfactory in every way. Definite business-hour rushes are experienced with these coaches, and the double-decker should be most useful.