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DARTICULARS showing the saving which would be .effected in thes.ext five to seven years, on changing over from. trams to motorbuses and trolleybuses on four further sections of the local services, have been prepared by Aid. R. Mayne, chairman of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Corporation's transport committee.
Renewals to the permanent way on these routes would, it is estimated, Cost £110,300 during the next seven years, whilst the cost of conversion to trolleybus working on three of them is placed at £86,176. No additional Motorbuses will be required.'
It is recommended that the proposed expenditure of £86,176 should be financed from surplus revenue, estimating that by March, 1939, the amount available will be sufficient for the Purpose. From the growth of revenue resulting from the operation of trolleybuses on the Westgate Road-Wallsend route, a 15-per-cent. increase is anticipated. So far, expenditure on trolley hus routes totals £194,353. •
12-JOURNEY AND WORKMEN'S TICKETS COMPARABLE? THE Northern Traffic Commissioners I decided, last week, to adjourn for a month their decision on applications for the renewal of licences by several bus companies. The L.N.E. Railway Co. objected on the ground that the 12-journey tickets were too cheap.
The bus companies, the applications of which were supported by local authorities, were United Automobile Services, Ltd., Messrs. Johnson and Sons, Favourite Direct Services, Ltd., Tynemouth and District Transport Co., Ltd., and the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd.
Mr. J. E. Freeman, for the
United," said that, on the standard of the L.N.E.R. workmen's tickets, it was the railway company which was undercutting the road operators. Mr. C. R. Hodgson, for the railway, contended that there was no comparison.
CHANGE OF STAND CAUSES HARDSHIP.
AN average reduction of approximately 60 per cent. in receipts on services affected by the removal of Leeds coach excursion operators' stands from City Square to Calverley Street, was reported by a deputation from the operators concerned, which was received, last week, by the Chief Constable of Leeds (Mr. F. Swaby). The deputation, which submitted an alternative plan, comprised Messrs. L. J. Mathers, H. Midgley, S. Stone and J. T. Rodgers, with Mr. L. Cadwallader, of the staff of the C.M:U.A. NorthEastern Division.
At a meeting held, in Leeds, on Tuesday, under the auspices of the C.M.U.A., it was intimated that, subject to certain conditions, the chief constable was prepared to recommend the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners to adopt the arrangement suggested by the deputation.