RE1GHT operators using the art of Dover are paying the dl costs of maintaining the ustoms facilities while pasners use the port...

UNITED Road Transport Union president Tony Fallon has told his members that the union is opposed to a phase three incomes...

A REPORT published this week, recommends changes designed to enhance the role of the Chartered Institute of Transport in...

RESTRICTIONS on cash available to London Transport has meant that its bus services are running at only 85 per cent of strength...

THE Transport and Road Research Laboratory is to investigz the effect of an advisory sign on close-following by drivers. Using...

to persuade ti Brighton Industrial Tribur to reverse a decision givi last month, failed last wee) The bid was made by ti TGWU...

eliability problems caused ;hortages of staff and buses Id be solved by adjusting timetables to be more tpatible with the...

UNION representatives and the Road Haulage Association are to hold a top-level meeting in London on Monday in an effort to...

E recent Budget increases nothing to help the Gonment's declared intention ontain inflation, and a rise ransport costs mean a...

ONLY a week after the lifting of the Government moratorium on road building, plans have been announced for new major trunk...

he Darlaston Rubery Own housing manufacturing lities would, if discussions favourable, become part of rn Axles Ltd. he further...

THE driv r of a coal lorry which killed two people found out too late that e had been refused an hgv licence because he was a...

service is 25-year-old Brian Tarriplar who moves from British Road Services to take on his new appointment. Mr Templar will...

up to a 58-strong fl was jailed for six months Lincoln Crown Court on I day. Judge Richard Hutchini heard how things went wr(...

A FURTHER boost in profits is reported in the annual report of United Carriers published last week. For the year ended January...

A6144 weight limit A PROPOSAL to introduce a weight limit on the A6144 through the centre of tymm, except for access, will not...

GREENOCK Transport Ltd escaped with a severe warning that it must put its house in order by the Scottish deputy Licensing...

A CALL to simplify European traffic regulations and more uniformity of rules has come from the Automobile Association. The AA...

KEITH Nicol (26), who formerly worked at the haulage firm of his father, William Nicol in Aberdeen, has formed his own company...

Bridge durir the Whitsun weekend hal been announced by Transpo Minister William Rodgers as they mean that only coach , and...

PLANS to move the Briti Road Services headquart( from London's Whetstone Leicester are under discussii with the transport...

:ional Express coach seres in Bournemouth for stern National's Royal Blue tches. :oyal Blue coaches has !rated express...

'ORMER bus driver who had operated a service illegally was nted a licence to operate the service for the employees of one tory...

A REPORT commissioned nine months ago by the National Bus Company to specify the minimum levels of service for public transport...

AFTER putting its case before a two-day Public Sitting, Kent coach operator, Olsen Brothers of Strood was refused an...

at VITP LEYLAND is mounting a major sales bid at the biennial congress at the International Union of Public Transport (VITP)...

• THE China Motor Bus Company in Hong Kong has placed an order with Metro-Cammell Weymann for 12 of its advanced double decker...

Scania distributors and dealers offer a total, nationwide service. . They've got the men and they've got the means to take the...

town for visitors to Londor A coach will leave Mat Arch at 19.00hrs ev Wednesday night for a gi ed tour of places of intei "off...

ar door for its gully and sspool emptiers, water nkers and sewer jetters. The hydraulic door is deeper section than the...

MAGIRUS Deutz parts in the new 5.6 and 7.5-tonne light range, (CM, May 20) are not necessarily interchangeable with those...

TRODUCED at last year's fence Equipment Exhibim, the Stonefield space'me cross-country chassis is w in production. One of the...

FROM today, operators of Scania lorries will be able to take advantage of a new roadside assistance service, Scania-Lifeline....

THE Champion Spark Plug Company is using a mobile test bench to check out the fuel consumption and exhaust pollution of...

STICK-ON plastic panels prc duced by Futurama Signs Lt at East Molesey, London ea convert the appearance o Ford Fiesta saloon...

V THE END of the first clay the annual business seminar the National Association of o-operative Transport Of:..ers, many of the...

Up", April 22) prompts me to ask if any of your readers can provide me with any hard figures to show tliat in general a...

teteleke , 16 • • I read your Editorial (CM May 6) regarding wrecker men. I do not know if you are aware of the fact, but...

May I bring to your notice, something which must affect many small coach operators. For many years we have been providing...

We are organising London's only official Jubilee Parade, to be held on June 19, and urgently need four open lorries to carry...

la GW11400... I can tell you what happened to Garners (CM, April 15). The company produced interesting vehicles and began as...

GOOD ADVICE about obtaining planning permission for depots, as well as building and siting them, was given to delegates to the...

in... DEALING with the control of livestock import and export, Mr C. A. Cockbill, principal of the import/export branch of the...

booked to the Continent and I would like to be able to stable my vehicle on the Continent to pick up passengers as they leave...

for this work. The artic unit and trailer do not have to be fitted with wings on the rear wheels when used in connection with...

be carried on a four-in-line axle vehicle operated under the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order...

demountable container to carry this traffic will it be necessary to pay higher road tax? A You will not have to incur extra...

at ra ies, but it has only one rear light. Could I use it on the road equipped in this way or will I have to bring the lighting...

recover a broken down artic, one can look upon the complete unit as a drawbar trailer outfit, This is causing some puzzlement....

Many old buses — a huge proportion of vehicles disposed of by National Bus and the other major Dperators — finally finish up...

To buy the new site, fence it and landscape it cost the :ompany some £185,000 and low yet another site has been acquired next...

IN a previous article I dealt with the special Regulations in the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations concerning...

These old tricks spell loads of trouble... LOADINO TRICKS learned in the old davs for dealing with heavy or awkward freight...