MINISTER MAY BE ASKED TO RULE ON STANDING

5th December 1958, Page 37

5th December 1958

Page 37

Page 37, 5th December 1958 — MINISTER MAY BE ASKED TO RULE ON STANDING

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UNION representatives of London bus

men may now approach the Minister of Transport, as their request to the London Transport Executive to discontinue the system allowing five standing passengers to be carried at peak hours was rejected on Monday.

The Executive stated that similar approaches had been made in 1953 and last year, and that it would be wholly uneconomical as well as cause unnecessary traffic congestion to run further vehicles at peak hours to eliminate the need to carry standing passengers,

Following the cuts in services which came into operation last week, it was reported that unofficial leaders in several garages were urging platform staffs to work strictly to existing agreements, but

few workers appeared to heed them.