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6th December 1980
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Armitage findings due next Tuesday

XT TUESDAY could be one of the most memorable days in the story of British road transport, if, as expected, the Armitage Inqur...

lepots shut

; MANY as 32 Roadline UK !vets depots could close next ar if the company presses ead with plans which have !en discussed with...

W. Yorks yes to £80

LEEDS AND BRADFORD haulage drivers have "reluctantly" accepted a wage deal which gives top weight drivers an £80 basic rate for...

Hauliers help in quake

THE Round,Tables of Great Britain and Ireland are seeking help from hauliers who can transport materials to earthquake victims...

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Pro first

EUROPE'S first professional institute for distribution managers was formed last Friday by the Centre for Physical Distribution...

Stop beton it's too !at(

THE Government must list before it is too late to tho involved in the operation of roi transport. Lord Underhill ga this...

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RTITB faces a

mg hot summer , IE FUTURE of the Road Transport Indus, Training Board will be decided by the wernment next summer. And it...

Road/rail storm in Brussels

ROAD versus rail dispute surfaced at a blic hearing in Brussels last week orga;ed by the European Parliament Transii Committee...

No: Giltspur

GILTSPUR says that it would be harmed under Transport Development Group control, and has urged its shareholders to reject TDG's...

WESTM NSTER` HAUL

NOT for the first time, a 'matter which has been causing concern to a great many people was raised in the House of Lords....

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overloading: fines small, perks large

To back up his statements, Mr lixon said that a refrigerated ehicle travelling between .thens and London charges bout £100 per...

Govt keeps low profile

HE GOVERNMENT will not tell Idustry how to send its freight, ransport Minister Norman pwler assured road hauliers ist week....

RHA show cancelled

THE ROAD Transport Show planned for Bristol next year has been cancelled. The Road Haulage Association confirmed this last...

Heavies spell survival

ROAD HAULAGE Association technical officer Mike Kneen callec , last week for heavier lorries on Britain's roads and said that...

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Caravan needs hgv

BECAUSE a vehicle was towi a caravan it fell within the re$ lations requiring a driver to h( a heavy goods vehicle drivi...

Safety and noise week

LOUGHBOROUGH Univers: next year is running courses noise and safety at work, a toxic wastes and chemical fluent. The noise...

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Drivers on fraud charze need time

;HARGES alleging the falsification of drivers' records and the drivng of excessive hours were adjourned for the second time by...

Pandoro's ferry boost

PANDORO is making a bid to take advantage of next year's cut in drivers' hours by spending Vim on boosting the ferry service...

Dock gate restrictions

LONDON'S Royal Docks nov have certain gates completel closed and others with res tricted opening times due to reduction in...

Look out, a thief's about

VIGILANCE is always vital to counter crime in road transport, Roai Haulage Association security committee chairman Jack Brown...

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PEOPLE

FREIGHTLINER has restructured its senior marketing and operations team with Ivor James, previously general sales manager,...

Roadworks ahead

SCOTLAND: M8. There is a twoway traffic flow on the eastbound carriageway at St James Interchange, Paisley. Northern England:...

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A tilt in two minute!

BALL Components Ltd of Leek Staffordshire, has developed i device that enables Leyland Er gomatic cabs to be tiltec quickly....

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Vehicles hit depths

ACCORDING to a Leyland Vehicles' market prediction, made with only a few days of November remaining, vehicle registrations (3.5...

Lighter Ten-plus

A LIGHTWEIGHT version of th Ten-Plus demountable bad' baseframe has been developel by Ray Smith Demountables Lti of...

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Busmen stage big protest over Act

BUSMEN throughout Great Britain travelled to London earlier this week to protest against the 1980 Transport Act. The protest...

Irish out of stew

NDUSTRIAL troubles on Ireand's buses eased this week, when striking maintenance workers accepted a return-towork formula. They...

Top of the town

AORE THAN 13,500 London - ransport drivers qualified last 'ear for Road Operator's Safety :ouncil awards. Safe driving awards...

Blank Sunday in Exeter

EXETER SUNDAY morning bu: services have been totally with drawn by National Bus Corn pany subsidiary Wester' National. In a...

Metsec valuable asset says Duple director

A WELCOME and logical development is how Duple (Metsec) man aging director Richard West described its acquisition of Metsec....

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LT faces big battle aver licence refusal

DNDON TRANSPORT seems set rant a licence to an independent rid Central London coach service Jon Simon of LightGray Ltd, ading...

Seaside fun wears thin

MAIDSTONE coach company was fined a maximum of £100 by righton Magistrates last week for sending a coach load of penloners on a...

Isles ferry fares cut

:ALEDONIAN MacBrayne has ut coach fares on its Clyde and Ilestern Isles ferry services to ncourage increased traffic, in he...

More for MAN-VIN

MAN-VW has won repeat orders for 40 MAN 5R280 integral coaches, which will more than double the number of SR280s in Britain....

One man service

ONE-VEHICLE Leicestershire operator Chapman Mini Coaches (Lutterworth) Ltd have been granted a licence to operate two...

Cutler's good news

LONDON Transport and the Greater London Council hope to avoid the need for fares increases in 1981. Commenting on the 1981 LT...

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Maintenance still in the ark

VER THE YEARS the motor 3hicle has caused fierce cornatition among its manufacturs to produce a mode of trans)rt that can...

M25 is a secret weapon

I WAS interested to see your recent news report M25 Will Only Give Minimal Benefits (quoting a speech by Alan West, of UBDS)....

Good reasons to get in a flap

YOUR article on the MIRA safety articulated vehicle (CM, November 15 seemed preoccupied with those features which would...

No trouble with Maggie's spares

I OWN a Magirus Deutz 310. I must agree with Malcolm J. Nelson's letter in Commercial Motor (November 15) that the running...

ADC bides its time

I HAVE read your summary on p64 of Commercial Motor, November 15, in which I regret that you have misunderstood this...

Norwest won't go so quietly

IN your issue of October 25, 1980, you refer to Waste Management acquiring the share capital of Norwest Ltd, the...

We've more than you might think

COMMERCIAL MOTOR (November 8) contains an article entitled Hire and Fire Business, which mentions TIP Trailer Rental. Two...

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A trip down memory lane

LOTHIAN Region Transport Department's double-deck buses are now all driver-operated. About 40 conductors and conductresses have...

PSVs: a cause for concern

"PUBLIC TRANSPORT — particularly reliability and ever-increasing fares — has emerged as a prime cause of concern in every major...

Have you heard the one about . . .

A WOMAN in South Tipperary who wished to join a CIE coach tour from Dublin via Tipperary to County Kerry wanted to avoid...

Unkindest cut of all

WERE THERE sinister implications in the story in Fare, published by the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, about the...

Bus overture hits wrong notE

IT WAS ONE of those days. Th first of fifty buses built for CIE t Bombardier (Ireland) Ltd, American company, refused 1 start...

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Why use two when one would do?

Noel Millier takes the Leyland National 2 over our urban test route and argues that competitive price, excellent handling, and...

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Slashed fleets mean fight for survival

N THE TVVO YEARS since the ast CM analysis of municipal, niblic and state-owned bus leets, the battle between menu- , acturers...

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'The greatest thing in coaching for years'

That's what British Coachways think of the 1980 Transport Act. David Wilcox tells the story of a birth which has shaken the big...

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The blue and the white sets them alight!

There's life in the old dog yet. BR's Sealink G-reg bus came in streets ahead at CM's psv livery contest. David Wilcox was with...

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Lorry poll is pathetic fallacy

Programmes dealing with the heavy lorry are so often conducted against a background of traffic. The prejudice is implanted...

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Busman's holiday for the TGWU

NLY A small proportion of ac/e members of trades unions . aduate to the national officer vel. In becoming national icretary of...

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Transport policy must look to the future

Britain's attitude to public transport is dangerously negative and the only way ahead is through dynamic planning. John Durant...

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DAF holds firm in the British market

The mid-engined MB 200 stayed right on course despite strong crosswinds on our Scottish test route. And Noel Millier found it...