A BUS MARKET FOR BRITISH BUILDERS.
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Within a comparatively short space a! time the motorbus has sprung into prominence as a means of public conveyance in southern Sweden. For inStance, only a year ago the county of Main-Nelms had but 40 established bus routes; to-day, vehicles are operating ever 114 routes, whilst a further 10 applications for new concessions are being considered by the local authorities.
Conditions are similar in the other 1330 counties of southern Sweden, the most thickly populated area of the Scandinavian peninsula. Despite the rapid and successful development of motorbus traffic in this area, it is apparent that the need and demand for such means of conveyance are by no means Idled.
The type of motorbus mostly in use has a body mounted on a chassis rebuilt to adapt it to pa.senger work, but these vehicles are not considered satis
faetery and do not give the comfort and service which buses specially built for the purpose render. The recent tests in connection with the Gothenburg exhibition have earned local admiration for the British-built -vehicle, and a rich market is awaiting makers who are prepared to enter this field of competition with moderately priced vehicles of high quality and workmanship.