GLASGOW 3m. PASSENGERS DOWN: TV BLAMED
31st December 1954, Page 21
31st December 1954
Page 21
Page 21, 31st December 1954
— GLASGOW 3m. PASSENGERS DOWN: TV BLAMED
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T ELEVISION is blamed by Glasgow L Transport Department for a drop of £40,665 in revenue, against an expected increase of E51.288. According to a report by the general manager, there has been a decrease of 3.Im. in the number of passengers carried.
The cost of the recent wage award will be £263,000 a year.
Subject to agreement with the trade unions. experiments are to be made with one-man-operated single-deck buses.
Based on Leyland chassis, 30 of these vehicles are to be provided at a cost of £130,000. Half of the bodies will be built by W. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., and the other half by the transport department.