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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

6th January 1940, Page 39
6th January 1940
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Keywords : Transport, Bus, Trolleybus, Action

GLASGOW BUS EMPLOYEES CENSURED

DISCIPLINARY action has been taken against more than 3,000 bus and tram drivers and conductors employed by Glasgow Transport Department, following the recent warning against malingering in the blackout. At a meeting of the corporation transport committee on December 27, it was stated by Councillor John Warren that 20 employees had been dismissed, 114 reprimanded, 1,000 censured and 2,000 had been sent letters requesting them to conform with the regulations.

After the meeting a deputation of the Transport and • General Workers' Union, on behalf of the transport department employees, met Bailie David S. Brown, the convener of the transport committee, and Mr. "Robert F. Smith, general manager of the transport department, with a view to securing the withdrawal of the warning notices, posted at the various garages and depots.

The deputation stated that members of the Union resented the methods adopted by the management following complaints by passengers and town councillors regarding the unauthorized turning of vehicles before reaching their destination, the running of buses and trams in groups, and the failure to collect fares. It was stated that unless satisfaction was received there was a possibility of the men stopping work as a protest.

BUS DRIVERS WANT BETTER HEAD LIGHTS

AT the annual conference of the Scottish area of the passengergroup section of the Transport and General Workers' Union, in Edinburgh, on January 8, Scottish bus drivers will raise the subject of better head lights to minimize black-out dangers. One of the resolutions will express alarm at the inadequate lighting allowed and will call upon the Union to bring pressure to bear on the Government to allow or enforce the use of two masked lights.

HOLIDAY BUS TRAFFIC SET BACK BY THE WAR

IN reviewing the past year's activities, 'Mr. Sidney Garcke, M.I.Mech.E., who presided at the 23rd ordinary general meeting of the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., said that, for the first 11 months of the year, the company did very well, but on the outbreak of war visitors fled, and it was impossible to adjust working arrangements in time to avoid a bad setback for September. Since then, however, there has been an improvement and the organization is reaching the normal of abnormality.

He thought there was a prospect that the company would go through the winter with results no worse than usual for that period of the year, but the profit for the whole year ending September next depends entirely upon whether those people who normally take their summer holidays in the area served by the company's vehicles can be assured that it is safe for them. He considered the retreat of visitors from East Kent in September last was unnecessary, and said that any decision of holiday-makers not to seek rest and recreation in the holiday resorts in the company's area would be entirely unjustified.

LEICESTER TO BUILD BUS STATION

LEICESTER Watch Committee has decided to proceed with the construction of the municipal bus station and car park, which, it is estimated, will cost £.100,000.

WALSALL TRAINING BUS CONDUCTRESSES

CONDUCTRESSES are to be employed on the municipal buses at Walsall and the corporation transport department has already called up a number of women, who volunteered to act in this capacity, to undergo train-ing. At least a fortnight's training will be given to every woman before she takes up her duties as a conductress.

BUS STOPS ANNOUNCED BY LOUD-SPEAKERS

MICROPHONES and loud-speakers Mare recommended for installation on all the double-deck buses run by Doncaster Corporation, so that drivers, during the black-out, may announce to passengers the names of stopping places on the various bus routes. The idea has been experimented with and has already proved helpful to passengers.

GAS-BAG BUSES FOR NOTTINGHAM

BUSES running on coal gas are now in service in the Nottingham district. They belong to Barton Transport, Ltd., and after a demonstration around the narrowest and steepest streets in Nottingham, Mr. J. H. Stirk, chairman of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners, gave permission for the gas-driven buses to be put into service at once.

FIRST PRODUCER-GAS BUS IN WEST WALES

THE first producer-gas bus on public service in West Wales will be operated this week-end by the Swan Motor Co., Singleton Street, Swa,risea. The vehicle has been fitted out at a London engineering shop with a Bellay producer-gas unit, installed at the rear. The bus is a Leyland Titan 66-seater, and it will operate on a regular servict from Swansea to Pennard, a route covering 19 miles and involving gradients of 1 in 10.

DOCK WORKERS SEEK NIGHT BUSES

AN all-night service of buses is wanted by men employed at the Glasgow docks and harbour. A deputation representing dock employers and employees called on the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. P. J. Dollan, on December 28, and stated their case for better transport for dock workers and other employees working at night.

It was stated that the men frequently finished unloading ships at 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. and were left stranded at the docks until transport was available.

Mr. Dollan suggested a conference with the transport department, the officials of which, he was confident, would be prepared to organize special services for the dockers if the union and the employers would co-operate in making arrangements. Buses could be sent to the various dock centres to collect men on the completion of their shifts and bring them into the central area or other districts near their homes.

This scheme, he said, would be tried out early in the New Year.

BRITISH TROLLEYBUSES FOR TRINIDAD

THE Crown Agents for the Colonies have recently placed ah order for 14 trolleybuses with Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., of Ipswich. The vehicles are for service in Trinidad and will have 31-seater bodies of all-teak construction. They will be equipped with 40 h.p. Ransomes standard lightweight traction motors, series wound for field-regulated control. Three forms of braking will be provided— hand, hydraulic and rheostatic, the last-named incorporating the Ransomes patent speed switch, which automatically limits the maximum braking effort at any speed.

" PROUD PRESTON'S " PRIDE AT STAKE

TARNISHING of "Proud i Preston's " traditional pride, if the council refused the application, was forecast by Councillor W. Gordon when Preston Town Council rejected an appeal by corporation transport employees for the undertaking to be transferred from Group 2 to Group 1 for wage rating.

The chairman of the transport committee, Councilor F. Jamieson, reported the adoption of a 4s. per week war wage recommendation for the men. That move, he said, would, in the near future, probably mean a gradual revision of the bus fares and stages.

Alderman Lucas forecast a 50 per cent, increase in fares if the council agreed to' the group transfer.

Councilor J. Johnson moved the reference back of the minute rejecting the transfer application, but this was defeated by 13 votes to 25.


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