TRAMS AND BUSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19781, 31 October 1927, Page 12

TRAMS AND BUSES.

Sir, —The bus service of London must have deteriorated during the last fewyears. It used 'm be a wonderful service, and in rush times the different buses quietly and regularly moved along. I worked in the metropolis for 25 years. I never saw in Fleet Street, the Strand Chairing Cross, Trafalgar Square or evev» at the Bank any hold-up such as one sees along Queen Street when something happens to one particular tramcar. There will be a line of from ten to fifteen cars waiting and no conveyance for poor people, no matter how pressed for time, one is. Buses can worm their way and some people benefit, but in Queen Street everything is at a standstill. If one lost a bus in Londoh, there wis only an interval of two or three minutes before a bus of the same number came along. Fancy tramlines along Oxford Street, Regent Street and all the numerous streets traversed fey base?. They would bo cumbersome and out of place. Tram drivers and conductors, too, showed more kindness, often stopping even when there was no stop. People were not turned »,ff the car when found standing, and in fact, one conld hang on the wheel if it were possible. It became a pleasure to travel. Now things have changed and I could wish heartily for the retnm of the hus*J>. Competition is good, hat a good, sensible transport board operating for the (rood of the public will be good also. A. Hop*.