BUSES FROM LONDON
ORDERED BY SOUTH AFRICA APPRECIATED BY .“CLIPPIES” South African trolley-buses,' exactly the same as those now running in the streets of Durban and Johannesburg, have recently been acquired by the London Passenger Transport Board as a result of uncompleted contracts which certain South African municl polities had in Britain. ’The first of these vehicles is about to be licensed and will soon be plying in a busv London suburb. They 'ire six inches wider than those at present used in London, and the extra space will he greatly appreciated by the "Clippies” (the women* conductresses) during rush-hours. Each trolley-bus is equipped with a 100 h.p. motor, probably the largest ever used in Britain, and some- of
them can seat 72 passengers. A feature in the South African buses which is novel to Londoners are the drop windows fitted throughout with special glass in the upper halves, giving plenty of ventilation and reducing glare from the sun.
There are 43 vehicles in all, 25 of them intended for Durban and 18 for Johannesburg.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3105, 13 April 1942, Page 3
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