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The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World.
TO THE COUNTRY BY UNDERGROUND AND BUS.
A Scheme which Benefits both the Travellers who Make only Short Journeys and Those Who Co Far Afield.
T"LONDON traffic combine re eently put into force a scheme for cheapening journeYs from Central Lon don and shortening the bus rornes
through &ingested streets of the central area daring Sundays and Bank holidays. This is being attained by the introduction of through tickets from the principal Underground stations -in the Central London area to the outlying country districts served by rural motorbuses.
In every case the combined fare for •
the rail and bus journey is remarkably cheap, in view of the long distance which it enables the passenger to travel. Under the new scheme; for instance, the holiday-inaker will be. able to take a ticket at Charing Cross to Smith Ilirmns, alighting at Golders Green Station and there boarding a No.84 bus.
,This will certainly prove a very great advantage, as it will tend to relieve the congestion at the central terminal points, much of which is caused by short-distance passengers, and will prove bene ficial to the last-named, because, when they want to reach places not. far distant, they will not, find the vehicles
crowded with those who travel to places
at a considerable distance. Apart from this transit ori the Undergtotind is
naturally. considerably more rapid than
the bus, and passengers will be able to arrive at their destinations without any delay, and thus be able to enjoy the delights of the country for the longest time possible.
The tickets will be issued from the following Underground stations :—
Temple, Charing Cross, Westminster, St. James's Park, Waterloo, Trafalgar
Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus,
Dover Street, Covent Garden, Holborn, Strand, Leicester Square-; Tottenham
Court II-earl, Bond Street, British Museum to Hook, Bushey Heath, Smith Alimms, Epsom, Chessington, Wormley, Watford, Potters Bar, London Colney, ' Leatherhead, Staines, Colnbrook, Winch sor Castle, Epping; St. Albans, Dorking, Hatfield, Virginia Water, Box Hill, and Sunnin,ghill. As examples of the distances travelled and the faxes charged" the following will he of interest :From Charing CrO8S to Hook, 16 miles,.fare is. ; to Chessington Common, 18.imiles, is. 3d.; to Leatherhead, 20 miles. Is 3d. ; Virginia Water, 25 miles, is. 6d. ; Windsor Castle, 251 Miles, Is 9d. There is no doubt that the companies concerned are doing all in their power to increase travelling facilities and study the comfort of the passengers.