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APPEAL RESULT UPSETS LEICESTER'S PLANS
A LTHO UGH Leicester Corporation rlhas won its appeal over the Eyington service, as reported in The Commercial Motor, dated August 21, the decision of the Minister of Transport not to allow fare protection for the corporation's services beyond the original city boundary has upset the policy of the transport committee. In the case of new districts, outside the old boundary but within the new one, where there are at present no services, the corporation will have to apply for a licence in competition with other operators.
If the licence be granted, the services will have to be operated in unrestricted fare competition with the private companies where the routes extend beyond the limit of the old boundary.
Referring to the Evington appeal, Councillor T. J. Gooding, chairman of the Transport Committee, expresses the opinion that the corporation has gained
most of the points it desired. So far as Mr. T. H. Erring-ton's service is concerned, it is expected that the corporation will take over its operation so soon as suitable terms can be arranged.
IRISH OPERATORS PROSECUTED FOR ALLOWING OIJ., LEAKS.
ON Wednesday of last week, Dublin United Tramways Co., Ltd., was prosecuted in the Dublin district court for allowing three buses to run in such a condition that large patches of oil were dropped on the roadway. Mr. E. H. Burne, for the company, said that the vehicles were some that had been taken over from other concerns.
When attention was drawn to the defects, they were immediately rectified. He explained that the engineering department of the Tramways company was in process of reorganization and the maintenance of the vehicles would be greatly improved when this scheme was completed.
A fine of £10 was imposed on one summons.and £5 on each of the other two.
At the same sitting, a similar summons was beard against the Great Northern Railway Co., Ltd., and, it was submitted for the defence, that the buses were inspected overnight, with a more thorough inspection each week. In this case a fine of £3 was imposed.
LUGGAGE SPACE ON MUNICIPAL BUSES.
THE five double-deck buses, which are under construction at the works of Leyland Motors, Ltd., for Lytham St. Armes Corporation, are of the fullfronted type. A luggage carrier has been arranged on the near side in the enclosed space alongside the engine. Light cases can be placed in this compartment through a sliding window at the front of the lower saloon, or, if' necessary, by removing a panel over the front near-side wing.
As the buses have hydraulic transmission, a special arrangement has been s4.4 devised for the torque-comyrter fluid indicator, which, on the normal type of body, is carried on the near-side front bulkhead. The shape of the fluid tank has been altered and, for inspecti.on purposes, an illuminated observation window is built into the side of the body.
L.M.S. RAILWAY LOSES 26 APPEALS
THE Minister of Transport has announced his decision in 26 appeals by the L.M.S. Railway Co., Ltd., against grants by the Yorkshire and North-Western Traffic Commissioners to the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., and others.
The appeals concern additional timings, new cheap-day and short-day fares on a number of services to Blackpool and the reduction of existing fares.
After considering the submissions of the appellant, the Minister has dismissed the appeals, no order being made as to costs.
RAILWAY EFFORTS TO RESTRICT I2-JOURNEY TICKETS.
A LIVELY discussion is expected at
a meeting of the Northern Area Traffic Commissioners at Newcastle on September 24, when the London and North-Eastern Railway Co., Ltd., is to apply for restrictions to be placed on the use of 12-journey tickets issued by bus companies. Strong opposition will, we understand, be provided by the A.R.O.
It was stated last week that the railway's application was based on a belief that 12-journey tickets were abused and that, although the tickets were marked " not transferable," they were often used by persons other than the proper holder. An official of one of Tyneside's leading bus companies states tbis is a poor excuse on the part of the railway. The real reason for the application was competitio'h, he asserted.
The railway companies could issue cheap tickets without restriction, and road operators were not in a position to oppose them. There was no restriction on 12-journey tickets in other parts of the country. Several local authorities in the area are to support the bus companies in their opposition to the railway in its efforts further to restrict the operations of passenger-transport companies.