Plan tc, Beat Bus Congestion
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APLAN to beat passenger congestion at Edinburgh's new bus station was approved by the Scottish Traffic Commissioners last week. A spokesman for Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., told the Commissioners that many people travelling to Lancashire arrived very early at the new station and created " fearful congestion."
He sought permission for the company to run duplicate buses leaving up to an hour before the scheduled departure time in order to clear the rapidly growing congestion.
Mr. W. F. Quin, chairman, thought ' the company's proposal a "good idea." He also approved in principle the company's application to by-pass certain towns in long-distance journeys to avoid adding to local congestion and increasing the danger of accidents. He ordered the company to submit more specific details of their by-pass proposals before putting them into effect.
AIRCRAFT NOSE MOVED BY SEA 'AND ROAD
WHEN a 50-ft.-long nose section of YY a Bristol Britannia 'aircraft was taken to the research department of Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., from the Belfast works of Short Bros. and Harland, Ltd.. the first part of the journey was via the Larne-Preston ferry, and the 200-mile run from Preston to Bristol was accomplished in 141 hours.
The load was 12 ft. wide and 15 ft. 9 in. high. Police escorts were provided through Belfast, Preston and Wolverhampton. Mr. L. B. Morton, transport co-ordinator of Short Bros.. was in charge of the movement. A special cradle mounted on a four-wheeled trailer was used. the tractor being a ballasted Bedford.
VIBERTI MONOTRAL SUCCESS I AST year, Monotral passenger vehicles, produced by Officine Viberti, sold well, but sales of trailers suffered a setback. This was stated by Dr. Angelo Viberti, managing director, at the company's annual general meeting.
There had been a substantial increase in turnover, partly because of higher exports, but the company were meeting difficulty in raising export sales because of the ability of some foreign competitors to grant long-term credit facilities.
£4.7m. EARNED IN the four weeks ended June 16. 1 London Transport road services earned £4.661.000 and State-owned provincial and Scottish buses £4,813,000. Aggregate earnings for the first 24 weeks of the year of London Transport road services amounted to £27,720,000 and of other State-owned buses £26,388,000.
All these figures are higher than the comparative amounts for the previous year.