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Operating Aspects of
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PASSENGER TRANSPORT
RIBBLE MARCHES ON
MARRED progress continues to be made by Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., as was revealed by Mr.. W. S.
• Wreathall; chairman, at the company's annual general -meeting, last week;
. He explained that new garages had been erected at Blackburn . and Ormskirk, and that existing ,premises at Chorley and Blackburn had :been extended. Bus stations at Morecambe and Blackpool had also been completed, . and they were handling large volumes of traffic: He added that the company's Preston station handled throughout the year an average of 1,000 departures daily, over 1,500 vehicles leaving it on busy days.
The company is now operating nearly 1,000 vehicles, and. during the two years ending with the current year, it is expected to have introduced no fewer than 400 new vehicles.
In addition to its extended tours, Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., now offers facilities on express services whereby passengers can be provided with hotel accommodation at their destinations. By arrangement with certain goods carriers, facilities for sending luggage in advance were introduced yesterday (Thursday).
TRAFFIC WORRIES LONDON 'TRANSPORT.
AS was expected, London Transport's traffic has not yet been restored to its pre-strike level. The Board is anxious about the matter and has issued . a. circular to the staff, urging members to do their best to retrieve the full volume of traffic,
The statement says that traffic on the central buses is unsatisfactory and that many people appear to have lost the habit of making short journeys by bus; others are using their own cars, whilst some are not travelling at all.
WORKERS ACCEPT HIGHER PAY. L'MPLOYEES of the Northern
General Transport Co., Ltd., and associated concerns have accepted the offer of increased wages made by the companies. At the outset, when the • terms were made known, the employees decided they were not adequate, but later the companies stated they' could not make further increases.