Ewer Reorganizat ton Bid Approved
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rHE Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, Mr. D. I. R. Muir, on Tuesday 'anted in principle joint applications George Ewer and Co., Ltd., and range Luxury Coaches, Ltd., for :arrangement of existing express services effect economies.
Orange Luxury, said Mr. C. R. eddington, operated seasonal services om Camberwell and Brixton to East oast resorts. Ewer had twice-daily rvices from King's Cross to the same tstinations, with an increase to three mes daily in the summer. It was protsed to start the Orange services from ing's Cross and the Ewer services from rixton. The application would also can abandoning altogether two Orange eking-up points at Clapham and ictoria, and an overall reduction in the imber of vehicle journeys.
It was most convenient to start and tish a service at a proper terminal, said Er. Beddington, who referred to the icertain future of King's Cross coach ation, which seemed likely to disappear the near future. "It is an experiment ith a view to rearranging the Ewer id Orange services. Ewer's have been msidering an alternative to King's Cross .er since they acquired Orange in )53," he said.
Objecting on behalf of Charles W.
Banficld, Ltd., who run services from Waterloo to Clacton, Mr. I. Amphlett described the application as 'a massive attempt at reorganizing the pattern of coach traffic in South London." Ewer had never operated from South London and there were many sore.points between the rival organizations.
Giving his decision M,r. Muir said that obviously, with the congestion in the centre of London, operators ought to be considering. off-centre -terminals, The application was a tentative step in that direction. He thought that the Ewer group had done what they could to make it as innocuous as possible.
The objectors, however, could still saythat there were additional services being provided in South London which would be in competition to their own. He would like to examine the number of vehicle journeys applied for and would give his decision on that later.
NO FIRST AID ON BUSES THE Minister of Transport this week
turned down a suggestion that all British Transport Commission buses should be provided with first-aid boxes. Replying to a Parliamentary question from Mr. LI. Williams (Labour, Abertillery) he noted that the carriage of these boxes was already compulsory on all express and contract buses and coaches.