PASSENGER NEWS IN BRIEF
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Ford P.S.V. for Cairo: The commercial vehicle section of the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. has received a £60,000 order from Egypt for 40 special Thames p.s.v. chass:s. These will be basically similar to the chassis of the cycle-carrying double-deckers for the Dartford tunnel, except that the chassis frames will he 4 in. lower to enable the completed vehicles to comply with local regulations. Buses for Lowestoft: Lowestoft Corporation transport committee has recommended the .tcceptimcc of a tender of Leyland Motors Ltd. for the supply of two 8-ft.-wide bus chassis at a cost of £2,352 each, and the tender of East Lancashire Coachbuilders Ltd. for the supply of bodywork for the two buses at £2,851 each..
Exhibition: A new Duple Marauder coach is among a wide range of passenger vehicles being exhibited this week at Olympia Coach Station, Liverpool Street, Salford, near Manchester. Accompanying it is the complete 36-ft. Thames p.s.v. chassis from the Scottish Motor Show, The Eaton 2-speed axle is the subject of special demonstrations. The exhibition, organized by Shearings Motor Traders Ltd.: closes at
9 p.m. tonight (Friday). •
Edinburgh Improvements:. Edinburgh Cor-. ()oration transport committee has approved improved bus services covering the North West area of the city. These plans will cost E73,000 and include redirection of routes and the addition of a further route to ensure a smoother and more regular flow from the Nc;rth West of the city to the West end through the city centre to the outer penMC.C.T. The transport committee has also approved the elimination of the existing 3d. charge on parcels or luggage carried by pns.,..ngers on Corporation vehicles. The fare on dogs, also charged at 3d., will be con Illuminated Adverts for Loudon Buses: London Transport is to fit 500 Routemastcr buses with in interior illuminatei advertisement panel on the front bulkhead just. beneath the ceiling line. It wilt have a visible arca of 29 in. by II in.,, and be illuminated by a 20 w. fluorescent tube. The heater control will be moved to a new position in the vertical duct just below the advertisement. As a further experiment, 100 of these buses will also be fitted with all exterior offside panel, to give a display area the size of the present banner. Light hort-. zontal and one vertical fluorescent tubes will illuminate this panel.
Birkenhead Buses: The Birkenhead Corporation transport committee invites tenders for supplying 15 65-seat, rear-entrance bases for delivery in 1965.
Beard Caus:s Bother: At Bradford County Court last week, Judge J. W, Stansfield awarded £21 is. 10r1 damages, with costs, to Eatz Akbar Khan. a 31-year-old Pakistani. Mr. Khan was formerly a-trainee bus conductor with Bradford Corporation • and refused to shave off his beard when requested and had been dismissed ; This resulted in the corporation being sued for 'damages for wrongful dismissal. The judge said he found no good reason for dismissing the plaintiff and thought it was a highly unwarranted interference with the freedom of the individual. Mr. A. Furner, a Bradford Corporation Transport department instructor for 22 years, said he thought. that Khan's beard made him look untidy and felt that it should be removed. The buses carried a number of children and women passengers who did not like beards, he said.