LT's bus plan aims

20th October 1978, Page 25

20th October 1978

Page 25

Page 25, 20th October 1978 — LT's bus plan aims

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at more reliability LONDON Transport's plan to improve the efficiency of its bus services is due to come into effect next week.

On many routes service frequencies are to be reduced slightly, although LT says that no fewer buses will operate.

In the past many scheduled journeys have been cancelled due to staff shortages which have led to random gaps in service. Now LT is recruiting more staff to provide complete scheduled services.

Mr David Quarmby, LT's managing director (buses) said that the object of the service revision was to provide a more reliable bus service. He also said that LT has another priority to overcome mechanical problems. He said that these have presented a major difficulty for some time as the "standardised" buses LT has been operating over the past decade have proved mechanically unreliable "in the peculiarly testing conditions they face every day in London."

He has recently commissioned an internal inquiry into the availability of essential materials including spare parts, which have often been in short supply, and immediate steps are being taken which, Dr Quarmby hopes, will lead to a steady improvement in the total number of buses available for service.