ECONOMIC OPERATION FOR RAIL PASSENGER SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS
Works and Equipment
Minute No. 771, 7th November, 1956, authorised the ordering of 20 rail buses
at an estimated expenditure of £248,830, and also agreed that consideration
should be given to placing an order for two further such vehicles with the
Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Ltd.
This firm in giving an estimated cost of £11,000 per
vehicle stated it would be their intention to ask for a contribution towards the
development cost of a prototype vehicle, and it was subsequently ascertained that
the figure they had in mind in this connection was £10,000 in addition to the
£11,000 per car quoted above.
The Bristol Company require at least twelve months from
date of order to produce the prototype vehicle with delivery of the remaining
vehicle one month thereafter.
It is therefore recommended that an order be placed with
the Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd. for two vehicles at a total cost of
£22,000 plus £10,000 to cover development charges.
Additional authority is required as under:-
£
Increased cost of 20 rail buses already authorised ...
8,380
Placing of order with Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd.
for 2 rail buses and development costs of prototype ...
32,000
£40,380
(Signed by the Chief Carriage & Wagon Engineering Officer,
Chief Mechanical Engineer, Chief Operating & Motive Power Officer, Chief
Commercial Officer and Chief Railway Accountant).
