L.T.E. and Tillings Leave P.T.A.
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London Transport Executive and
I the Tilling Group have, without any
previous warning, notified the Public
Transport Association that they were resigning from the Association with effect from December 31. The let ter from the L.T.E. was delivered by hand
on the afternoon of December 29, and
that from the Tilling Group received
the next day. In this it was stated that the Group had been informed by the British
Transport Commission of its decision that membership of the P.T.A. its respect of the companies in the Tilling
Group should not be renewed, that these companies had been advised
accordingly, and that their formal resignations would no doubt be received
in due course.
It seems certain that this ruling will
apply to all other nationalized com
panies in the public passenger-transport
field, which means that the owners of
some 20,000 vehicles will no longer be represented in the P.T.A. All the undertakings referred to have been
members of the Association since its
foundation in 1943 by a merger of older bodies dating back, in some cases, over 50 years. and which have, during this period, given notable service to the
industry. "The Commercial Motor" is
assured that no reason has been given for the resignations and no apology
received for the abrupt termination of membership. It retains to be seen how .this move will affect the P.T.A. Conference, which is to be held at Bournemouth early in 'May, but there is no reason to assume that the Association will not continue
its good work, even without the encouragement of State-owned trans