THE REDS AND GREENS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1933, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE REDS AND GREENS

TRAFFIC COLOURS FOR LONDON. IMMENSE TASK OF L.P.T.B. Green for country and red for town; this was the first decision of the Passenger Transport Board which now controls the traffic of Greater London. All the London trams and all the railway carriages on the Underground are to be painted the red of General buses, and all the coaches and buses which run through London’s countryside are to be painted the green of the Green Line coach. The . area controlled by the Board extends 30 miles from Charing Cross, from Letchworth in the north to Horsham in the south, and from High Wycombe in the west to Gravesend. The capital value of its 89 undertakings amounts to £120,000,000, and includes 5300 omnibuses, 3000 railway carriages, 2600 trams, and 420 motor-coaches, while 226 railway stations, 75 garages, and 36 tramway depots are under its management. Nearly three and a half million passengers were carried by its vehicles last year. The services on the suburban area of the four great railway companies are to be co-ordinated with the services under the Board, and their receipts pooled. Lord Ashfield, the chairman, announces that the Board seeks to increase the efficiency of the passenger transport system of the greatest city in the world. We wish it all success; it has been born none too soon, for life was becoming impossible in the streets of London.