B.MIVLO. COVERS 85,000 MILES FOR EVERY EXTRA BUS
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AN excellent example of the severe stress that is being placed on bus companies is afforded by statistics which have just been issued by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., comparing operations in 1946 with those in 1945 and 1938.
Between 1938 and 1946. annual' mileage has risen by 8,023,783 and the number of passengers carried by 146,026,097, whereas the fleet has increased by only 94 buses. Expressed as a ratio between extra vehicles, mileage and passengers, each extra bus represents an additional mileage of 85,359 per year and fresh traffic of 1,554,107 passengers per year. Other details are given in the following table:- During 1946 the company started 90 new services, and increased frequencies on 300 routes. In addition, long-distance express services were restored on 14 routes.