by CM reporter MIDLAND lorry drivers traditional pace-setters for the industry have lodged a claim for parity with Scotland,...

THE Government has still not made up its mind about concessionary bus fares for school children. This was reported in the...

NATIONAL lorry routes would be a waste of time and effort, although local routeing might improve amenity, the Freight Transport...

A DEFENCE claim that an axle-weighing method used by Cheshire Trading Standards (Weights and Measures department's new name)...

THE trial of five bus companies and eight men accused of offences over Government grants for new buses opened last week at...

Managing London's freight If the professional planners and the transport operators are given a reasonably free hand there now...

GLC considering access charges, break-bulk centres and double-bottoms THROUGH TRAFFIC may be banned inside London's...

ASSEMBLY of Magirus vehicles in the UK is to be phased-out. This was announced last week by Mr Frank Tinsdale, managing...

A NEW and separate international road freight office has been opened by the DoE in Newcastle. The office will take over...

EMPLOYMENT Secretary Mr Michael Foot is being urged to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the conditions of employment in the...

IT is no easy matter to determine the best method of vehicle acquisition and the optimum replacement period to suit the...

THE second edition of the MAA Official Garage Guide has been published by IPC Business Press Information Services Ltd. The...

BRITAIN's 70,000 municipal busmen must wait until Thursday of next week for a reply to their claim for substantial pay...

increase the use of railway services. This was the main finding of a report published last week by the Department of the...

THE GLC revealed on Thursday of last week that London Transport bus and Tube fares are to go up by more than a third next...

Garry Turvey, secretary of the Frei g ht Transport Association since 1968, has been additionally appointed deputy director- g...

A DEVICE which is claimed to eliminate the bump which occurs when many semior full-automatic gearboxes engage drive is now in...

A MEANS of improving air circulation around the engine on the Dodge tractive units operated by Harrison and Jones (Flexible...

MONDAY Nov. 11. CIT (Merseyside) "Co-ordinated route planning — fact or myth?" Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive,...

MORE THAN 500 ambulances have now been fitted with stainless steel exhaust silencers, the maker of the devices, Nocorrode Ltd,...

Rail boost for demountables Air spring conversion at Munich ;ROWING support by ierMan Hauliers for the iggy-back services run...

SOCIAL and environmental pressures could create a situation in which the community made a conscious decision to limit road...

JAMES M. FORBES LTD.Tel: Day Aberdeen 29295; Night Cove 236. JAMES MILLER.Tel. Day Et Nig ht Abington 238 8-285. JOHN HERB...

5: West Germany HE bilateral arrangement between the 3overnments of the United Kingdom, Vorthern Ireland and the German...

by lain Sherriff SOUTHERN Transport Enterprises Ltd, of Cranbrook, Kent, claims to be providing Britain's only mobile...

by Trevor Longcroft: photographs by Dick Ross IF DRIVERS habitually gave more accurate information when calling out tyre...

ANYBODY who chooses to describe himself as a Friend of the Earth runs the risk of being mistaken for a visitor from space. The...

It cannot be too often that a manufacturer gets the opportunity to run a fleet of his own buses. But this is the situation that...

Well, I see the Island of Sark is finally to get its own bus service, albeit a somewhat limited one. The Island, where cars and...

by lain Sherriff WRECKER operators are becoming so concerned about the influx of "pirates" into their specialized field that...

i n service By Paul Brockington ACCORDING to technicians of the Specialist and Light Aircraft Engine Division of Rolls-Royce...

see British Leyland ALBION see British Leyland ATKINSON see Seddon AUSTIN MORRIS Parts for British Leyland Redline as...

The main car and truck parts centre is a massive complex at Dunstable. A two-tier system of dealers and main dealers is being...

see British Leyland LEYLAND see British Leyland MAGIRUS DEUTZ Operators can go direct to the Winsford headquarters of...

AIRFLOW INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING LTD, Brougham, near Penrith, Cumbria. A member of the Nixon group of companies, Airflow...

an organization with the initials GRSA. What is this and what does it do? Loosely translated, the initials GRSA stands for...

recovery vehicle to transport steam engines to rallies under the companv's trade plates? A The purposes for which a vehicle...

in part exchange from a customer, our driver was stopped by the police because the chassis had no rear mudguards. They later...

draw trailers in certain circumstances. Could you outline what those circumstances are? A Regulation 127 of the Motor Vehicles...

" ; '""' on labour relations 11 Figure 1. The background to the changes. GOOD labour relations are crucial to successful...

by Les Oldridge TEng(CEI), MIMI, AMIRTE REGULATION 4 of the Road Vehicle (Registration and Licencing) Regulations 1971 states...

ROC has added new units to its range of MIG welding equipment. They are the Lynx Universal single wire feed unit, a number of...

Designed to prevent fuel pilferage, the Avanti fuel guard fits into the fuel tank neck and prevents penetration by syphoning...

A new range of ancillaries for the vehicle refinisher incorporating stopper and finishing compound has been announced by Berger...

Replacement24V Twin-filament Tungsten Halogen dipping Headlamp bulbs are now available from Brown and Geeson. Interchangeable,...