Half-deckers on New Service ?
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HALF-DECK 40-seat coaches may be operated between Glasgow and Thurso if the Scottish Licensing Authority approves an application by the Highland Transport Co., Penilee, Glasgow. The case came before the Authority last week and was adjourned.
It was stated that a return fare of E3 5s., including 12s. for meals, would be charged and that the .service would be run three times weekly during the summer. Each coach would be fitted with toilet facilities. It would leave -Glasgow at 11.24 p.m. and arrive at Scrabster, near Thurso, at 11.50 a.m. next day to make a connection with the Orkney steamer.
The route would be via Stirling, Dunkeld (where a stop for breakfast would be made), Blair Athol!, Kin
gussie, Inverness, Dingwall, Bonar Bridge, Thurso and Scrabster.
Objections were lodged by the Railway Executive, Glasgow Corporation and several bus companies. Many witnesses, some of whom had travelled over 300 miles to attend, supported the application and criticized the existing rail facilities.
Mr. J. Robertson, deputy town clerk of Stromness, said that the ThursoInverness train was known locally as "The 39 Stops," but witnesses agreed with the Executive's representative that the many halts were necessary to serve the small communities between the two towns. The average speed of this train was said to be 11 m.p.h. and journeys from Glasgow to the Orkneys often extended over three days.