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547   SCHEMES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT YET SUBMITTED TO B.T.C. (Contd.)

5.  Manchester Part 2 South East Lancs.

Scheme approved by General Manager for submission to Area Board.  Awaiting approval of B.T.C. Officers. Proposal is for the use of 2 x 150 H.P. (MC + MC) units.

Original order for this scheme was five units (MC + MC) built at Derby and already delivered and 14 units (MC + MC) from Cravens and a further seven units are required to make a total of 26 units.

As the Derby built units will not couple with the Cravens units it was agreed that the number of additional units to be ordered should be increased from seven to twelve (MC + MC). Consideration to be given to the use of the five Derby built units elsewhere, and it was noted that no further units fitted with this type of jumper will be built.

548   SCHEMES IN COURSE OF PREPARATION BUT NOT YET CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE

Western Division
  North Wales Part 2 (Local services in North Wales etc.)
       
  Amersham - Aylesbury ) Agreed this
  Marylebone - Aylesbury ) scheme be examined
  Marylebone - High Wycombe } specially
       
Central Division
   Manchester Part 3 (N.E. Lancs.)
  Manchester Part 4 (S.W. Lancs.)
  Manchester Part 5 (N.W. Lancs.)
       
Midland Division
  Derby, Nottingham, Leicester Part 2
  St.Pancras suburban services - Awaiting decision on the proposed use of 238 H.P. Rolls Royce engines (see Minute 542.3.).  In the meantime preparation of submission to continue ready for costing when decision regarding type of engine to be adopted.

549   SCHEMES ALREADY IN OPERATION

1.  West Cumberland Scheme

Proposed pruning during winter.  Still under consideration by D.T.S. and Cumberland Motor Services Ltd.

2.  Traffic Receipts

Banbury - Bletchley ) Traffic receipts for
September, 1957,
attached as
Appendix "A".
Birmingham Part 1 )
Bury - Bacup )
Harrow - Belmont )
Manchester Part 1 )
North Wales Part 1 )
Watford - St.Albans )
West Cumberland )

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