MORE TALKS ON LINER TRAINS
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NEW talks are to be held between leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen and Dr. Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board, on the vexed question of liner trains. Mr. Sidney Greene, general secretary of the union, has written to Dr. Beeching offering to meet him to discuss the union's objections to the scheme. Although the move is a hopeful sign, plans for the introduction of the trains— one of the railway's chief hopes of capturing general merchandise traffic from the roads---are already hopelessly behind schedule. It had been hoped to introduce the first service, between London and Glasgow, by June. But as it is expected to be at least six months after reaching agreement with the union before the first trains start, it looks as if the railways will be lucky if they can get going before the end of the year. The union's offer to talks is no indication that it has changed its attitude.