NIGHT COACH SERVICES POPULAR
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MIGHT express coach services were 1 becoming increasingly popular because they saved the cost of a night's accommodation and lengthened a holiday, said Mr. T. B. Maund, A.M.lnst.T., A.IVLIrist.T.A., who, last week, gave a paper on "Express Coach Service Operation" to the Preston and district centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration.
Mr. Maund submitted that there was a great deal to be gained from a balance between traffic in each direction. There were services where traffic could be regulated to provide full loads in each direction, but there was no doubt that much potential traffic was refused in such cases, because traffic flow was such that it could not be balanced beyond a certain limit.
Some dead mileage was incurred when that limit was exceeded, but it was essential to bear in mind that the Cost of operation would tend to decrease in inverse proportion to mileage. Thus, it was better to make a Id. a mile -profit on 5,000 miles than 2d. on 2.000 miles.
Where day and night services were operated over the same route, efficiency could be increased by arranging the times so that the same vehicles were
used in both cases. On a 12-hour• journey, vehicles would be constantly employed throughout the 24 hours, resulting in lower capital costs because fewer coaches would be required.