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Passenger Transport
LANCS MERGER DEAD
As forecast in The Commercial lifotol a fortnight ago, the scheme for the establishment of a joint municipal passehger-trantsport board for SouthEast Lancashire has been abandoned. There is still hope, however, that a greater merger might arise from the ashes.
At the final joint meeting, last Friday. only three of the corporations originally interested in the proposals were represented—Manchester. Salford and Oldham. They decided that no useful purpose would be served by further discussion of the matter, but they passed a resolution which they have forwarded to each of the authorities originally associated with the negotiations.
It states that they would welcome an opportunity of considering, in conjunction with the railway companies and private transport undertakings, "any proposal that may be suggested for the formation of a board for SouthEast Lancashire on the lines of the London Passenger Transport Board."
One significance of the resolution is that until the road passenger transport authorities have agreed to unified control, the L.M. and S. and L. and N.E. Railways refuse to consider any further scheme for the electrification of railwa.a-s in the Manchester district.
FALKIRK TRAMS SUPERSEDED.
• ON Tuesday; at midnight, Falkirk V and District Traction Co. ceased operating its trams. The service was taken over by a fleet of double-deck buses of W. Alexander and Co., Ltd.
Falkirk trams have been running from October, 1905, on 6.21 miles of circular track, serving Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Carron, Falkirk and CameIon. Some 7,500 passengers were conveyed daily.
TROLLEYBUSES FOR SOUTHAMPTON.
IT is expected that Southampton Cori. poration will, in the future, abandon the trams in favour of trolleybuses. Among the reasons for this choice is the fact that electricity' charges are not Variable, as is the price of petrol or oil fuel.